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Mixed Diglossini - Sept. 18, 1962, II  3

preliminary notes may be softer and the main body of the phrase more rapid and twittering, containing more notes. 

After singing the bird flies to feed on some tubular flowers about 5 ft. below song perch. Then flies away.

[[left margin]] Cy  Albi [[/left margin]]
This bird was only about 10 ft away from where the Buff-throat had been. Perhaps their territories or home ranges overlap.

[[left margin]] Cy [[/left margin]]
The same or another bird of the same species feeding alone on tubular flowers about 30 ft away approximately 5 mins. later. This area is on the opposite side of where I saw the Buff-throat.

This time I noticed that the crown of the bird was only very slightly lighter than the back. And red eye seemed lighter and brighter than that of the Nono-birds. 

I think I may be able to hear a Glor uttering "Tuck"s nearby at the same time, but can't see the bird.

[[left margin]] Albi Cy [[/left margin]]
Then, 8:23, see a ♂ albilatera ("Albi") hopping about in tree only 20 or 30 ft. away. About 30 ft off ground. Silent. Apparently not feeding. Albi disappears. Then I see a cyanea feeding on Begonia flowers in same tree, at almost the level where the Albi was moving. Silent and apparently alone.

Hummingbirds are feeding on the same pink Tubular flowers preferred by the cyanea and the Buff-throat.

[[left margin]] Albi [[/left margin]]
A few feet further on, 8:30, come across another ♂ Albi, hopping about in low dense shrubbery (under trees). Silent and alone. Probing for insects? Certainly no flowers in area.

[[left margin]] Gen [[/left margin]]
This little group of Diglossini seems to have been a "pocket." Lots of birds in small area. Presumably because there are trees in the area Further on, where there is lots of scrub but few trees (because of the cables

Transcription Notes:
correct Bull-throat to Buff-throat