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[[circled]] 70 [[/circled] Mixed Diglossine, Apr 5, 1965, II [[margin]] Glor [[/margin]] My! The Glors certainly are keeping themselves well hidden!!! 6:50am Still not a trace of diglossine song. I haven't seen any red or pink flowers around here now either [[margin]] Cy? [[/margin]] 7:19 am. Suddenly hear diglossine song. Not Glor. Then see the singing bird. High exposed in tree, 30-40 ft above ground. Either Cy or Coer (silhouetted against sun, so I can't see details clearly). I think Cy. Singing phrase after phrase. All fairly short, not very fast, irregular twitters. Some or all preceded by 1 or 2 intoductory "seeeeee" Notes. This bird is being "answered" by another up hill. Latter uttering same type of phrases. Some overlaps. [[margin]] Cy? [[/margin]] Both birds continue for a minute or so. Then shut up. [[margin]] Cy? Glor [[/margin]] So, here as in Quito, the Cy-type Diglossas sing during seasons when carbonaria-types are silent! I lose sight of the one bird almost immediately after it shuts up. Didn't see it feeding. Some minutes later, White-spectacled Whitestart utters a few phrases. As soon as it shuts up, I hear a few Cy-type phrases in distance! SEE ALSO TODAY'S NOTES ON MIXED FLOCKS Leave 9:30am Working around hotel again this afternoon. 4:00pm. Rain pouring down. [[margin]] BQ [[/margin]] BQ's quite active in rain. Feeding on Eucalyptus flowers (white - same as in 1962) as well as Erythrina. [[margin]] XCC [[/margin]] An XCC (green wing) back in Erythrina 4:06. No (other) diglossine around. Supplanted by BT Leaves without resistance. [[margin]] XCC BQ [[/margin]] XCC disappears. Then BQ appears. Feeds in same Erythrina.