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[[circled]] 106 [[/circled]] Mixed Diglossini, Aug 30, 1965, IV [[left margin]] Gen Glor Coer? LCH [[/left margin]] 8:09. See single Glor. Silent. Alone. Feeding on exactly the same flowers as Coer earlier. Glor moves off. Then see single LCH feeding on same species of flower slightly uphill. [[left margin]] Scan LCH [[/left margin]] Then Scan appears. LCH attacks Scan and drives it away! [[left margin]]Coer? Gen [[/left margin]] 8:28. See presumed Coer ✓✓ [[black & blue]] in tree feeding small tubular red flowers. Silent. Alone. Then Glor flies into same tree. Lands 3 ft away. Presumed Coer attacks and drives it away. Attack silent. Glor ✓✓57 [[black & blue checks, blue #]] leaves without resistance. (Note. This presumed Coer appeared just about the same tree as White-spectacled and PL's 20-50 ft away. Possibly it is, or has been, associating with them.) [[left margin]] Cy LCH [[/left margin]] Go further up hill. Then down hill again. Arrive back same area 9:07 am. See single Cy ✓✓58 [[black & blue checks, blue #]]. Silent. Alone. Feeding tubular red flowers. 3 ft up. Then LCH appears. Swoops at Cy twice! Each time, Cy just "flinches" or retreats a few inches. Then LCH swoops a third time. Cy flies off. LCH flies after it, in hot pursuit. All this hostility quite silent. [[left margin]] Glor LCH [[/left margin]] 9:15. All birds apparently absent from area. Then single Glor ✓✓59 [[black & blue checks, blue #]] appears. 2 ft up second growth scrub. Silent. Alone. Apparently taking insects off leaves. Then LCH appears. Flies straight to Glor and drives it away. Glor leaves without resistance. Hostility quite silent (as usual). [[left margin]] Glor LCH [[/left margin]] Then 2 Glors ✓✓60 [[black & blue checks, blue #]] show up simultaneously. One chases the other furiously and repeatedly. These chases are accompanied by R-Zazas. Then the apparent winner sings "in triumph." NODWA. SEE ALSO TODAY'S NOTES ON GENERAL MIXED FLOCKS Leaving 10:20 am. COMMENT AND PARTIAL SUMMARY: [[margin]] Gen [[/margin]] It is too bad that I was not always able to identify all the Blue Diglossas seen this morning; but the general situation here seems
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