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Mixed Diglossini, Aug. 5, 1965, III.    (104)

feeding!

6:35 am. More Yellowface Songs in distance. NODWA. Then I also hear [[underlined]] Dubusia [[/underlined]] Singing in distance.

^[[Cinn Ater]] Cinnamon hovers over head of Ater feeding on orange flowers. Ater quite ignores it. Then Cinnamon perches a few feet away. Then same Ater supplants group of [[underlined]] 3 [[/underlined]] Cinnamons! Supplant is silent.

6:44 Ater feeding orange flower. Cinnamon comes and hovers overhead. Ater ignores it. Cinnamon perches 2 ft away. Then, the same Cinnamon makes at least 3 vigorous, furious Swoops at the Ater. Swoops pressed home  Perhaps actual contact(s) made! Ater responds to Swoops by [[underlined]] stretching wings out horizontally. [[/underlined]] These responses are brief. But undoubtedly a trace of "Butterfly Pattern." Wings apparently [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] Quivered or waved. [[underlined]] Whole dispute quite silent. [[/underlined]] Then Cinnamon flies away.

^[[Laf]] Also see Laf feeding quietly in distance. On orange flowers. [[underlined]] All other birds seem to keep away from it. [[/underlined]]

Fine rain starting 6:45. Then [[some?]] comes out (with rainbow). Wind still increasing.

^[[Ater Cinn]] Ater supplants Cinnamon. Both birds silent.

^[[Cy Cinn VB]] Back to area where Cys seen yesterday 7:00 am. Some Cinnamons around. Then VB appears and feeds on small yellow flowers. It is [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] attacked by Cinnamons.

Yellowfaces still Singing in distance 7:12 am

^[[VB]] One or more VB's back several times without being attacked.

Actually there may be up to three or four VB's here. Quite noisy. Uttering little "Brrrp" Sounds. Apparently also fighting among themselves. ([[underlined]] Very [[/underlined]] rapid aerial chases - almost impossible to follow