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Mixed Diglossini September 25, 1962
Páramo La Negra

Arrive same place 5:38 am.

[[left margin]] Glor [[/left margin]]
Hear first Glor song 5:40. Probably X male. A Glor starts a minute later. Both birds singing the same as yesterday. 
5:45. Actually there are two birds singing in "X territory" One tends to end each song phrase with 2 R's.

[[left margin]] Glor [[/left margin]]
When birds first began singing this morning, they just sang continuously, apparently ignoring one another. Now, 5:47, the 2 birds in "X" territory are singing less continuously; and the sound of one obviously stimulates the other. Second bird usually starts to sing phrase a moment after first bird has started. Effect seems to be mutual. Either bird can start first.

[[left margin]] Glor [[/left margin]]
The bird in "X territory" which utters terminal R's, sometimes utters 3 of them! Always very brief "eeyaah eeyah eeyah" [[sound waves drawing below]]

[[left margin]] Glor [[/left margin]]
The other bird in "X territory" usually utters penultimate R's. I presume this is X male himself. Even he, however, sometimes utters a terminal R instead of a penultimate one.
 
[[left margin]] Glor [[/left margin]]
I am coming back to the conclusion that terminal R's are an indication of high intensity in Glor. 

[[left margin]] Glor [[/left margin]]
Bird that uttered several terminal R's has shut up now. 5:45 am. A shuts up a few moments later. X male shuts up 5:59. Then starts again. Then stops again. Then I can hear chasing with R's.

[[left margin]] Glor [[/left margin]]
X male back, singing with penultimate R's, 6:04. Little or no belly fluffing with songs. (This seems to be characteristic of X male) Then back to chasing female again.

Transcription Notes:
[[intensity?]] probably not right- haven't sorted out an alternative yet. Basileuterus looks similar to 'intensity' in previous Moynihan notebooks transcribed