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44 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