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104 Mixed diglossini Aug. 30, 1965, II posite direction. [[left margin]] Coer [[/left margin]] A few minutes later, see 2 Coers ✓✓✓✓50 [[two black & two blue, & blue #]] downhill. Probably same family group seen yesterday. Silent. Then one moves off and disappears. [[left margin]] Coer? Glor? [[/left margin]] Then the remaining Coer is violently supplanted by another bird!!! Apparently Glor ✓✓51[[black and blue, & blue #]]. Coer flies off without resistance. Presumed Glor follows. [[left margin]] Cy Glor [[/left margin]] A minute or so later see undoubted Cy feeding in bushes up hill. Silent and alone. Then a Glor appears. Flies into bush and lands 5-10 ft away from Cy. Sings repeatedly. NODWA. Singing almost certainly hostile and provoked by presence of Cy. Cy gradually moves off. Glor goes off in different direction. [[left margin]]Scan Glor Gen[[/left margin]] Then I see single Scan flying about and feeding in area where Glor, Coer, and presumed Cy seen earlier! Silent. There is a Glor ✓✓52 [[black & blue, & blue #]] about 20 ft from Scan part of the tree. Also silent. And the two species do not seem to react to one another. Scan flies off very shortly. [[left margin]]Scan Cy Glor Scan [[/left margin]] Then I hear Scan "cluck" song in distance. Long sustained. Then Cy(s) begin(s) to Sing. Typical phrases with "Tsit" Intro Notes. Completely overlapped by Scan song. Glor also utters a few Song phrases Also completely overlapped by Scan. But I am not sure that Cy and Glor phrases overlap! [[left margin]] Cy Glor [[/left margin]] Then I start to write this down. While writing, I catch glimpses of both a pair of Cys and a pair of Glors ✓✓54 [[black & blue checks, blue #]] (2 individuals moving around close together) in the area - but at different times Cy(s) Sing(s). NODWA. But Glors are silent. [[left margin]] Cy LCH [[/left margin]] Then I see a single Cy swooped at by a single smallish, largely in cinnamon hummingbird. Cy retreats a foot or so. Hummingbird flies off. [[left margin]] Scan [[/left margin]] Some minutes later, I see a vigorous dispute between a Scan and
Transcription Notes:
Glau = Glauca species of flowerpeircer
Caer = caerulescens species
Cy = cyanea species
Glor = Diglossa (all flowerpeircers)