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Mixed Diglossini, Aug. 16, 1967, VI   24

The hummingbird makes at least 6 swooping attacks on the Albi before it gives up and flies away.

(This hummingbird may have been XXI. Certainly dark green above and with a dark throat patch. And also approximately right size and proportions. But its lower parts did not appear to be cinnamon. Sort of light dingy "mottled", probably with greenish or grayish. It is possible, however, that my observation of the underparts of XXI yesterday were mistaken.)

[[left margin]] Nocti  Albi [[/left margin]]
NOTE: This is the precise area from which I thought I saw 2 Noctis fly earlier this morning. Was I mistaken in this too? Or are overlays between Nocti and Albi really not uncommon?

[[left margin]] Nocti  Albi [[/left margin]]
Good God! Go up to first Nocti area 9:45 am. see 2 ✓✓717 black Diglonas flying downhill across road silent but chase obviously hostile. It looks as if the pursuer is a Nocti, and the pursued an Albi!!! Yes! Pursuer turns back. Flies up hill. And I can see, definitely, that it is a Nocti. Pursued flies downhill, going from bush to bush. I think that it is an Albi (Altho I can't see it awfully well)

[[left margin]] Nocti  Albi [[/left margin]]
Then I hear one R-"Zaza" from uphill, where Nocti is still moving around actively. And then one Albi-type R from downhill, from area to which pursued retired.

[[left margin]] Nocti  Albi [[/left margin]]
The a ♀ ✓178 Albi suddenly appears in scrub, lower edge road. Silent and alone. Ignored by both males.

Then I hear a long but confused jumble of R's and abbreviated Twitters from Nocti area uphill. More or less [[image]] birds sounds patterns  [[image]]. (This Nocti seems to be particularly fond of such "jumbles". Presumably an exaggerated form of R-"Zaza")

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