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Mixed Diglossini, Apr. 16, 1965, VI [[circled]] 46 [[/circled]]

[[left margin]] Humer [[/left margin]]
Back to first Eucalypts. 9:25. Still 4-6 Humers chasing one another in it.
    
Also one Humer hopping over bare ground again!
    
Leaving 9:30 am.
    
COMMENT:
I rather imagine that the social-territorial arrangements of the local Diglossini are more or less as follows:

[[left margin]] Gen Humer Laf Coer [[/left margin]]
Many Humers, and all the local Laf(s) and Coers have territories apart from the two Eucalypts which are so crowded with birds now (I shall call these the "Prime Eucalypts") The Laf(s) and Humers may defend their "real" teritories against one another. I.E. their territories may be mutually exclusive. The Humers and Coers may not defend their territories against one another, i.e. their territories may not be mutually exclusive. All the birds with territories apart from the Prime Eucalypts nevertheless visit the Eucalypts more or less frequently. For them, the Prime Eucalypts are "common ground" (altho they certainly do not share it peacefully). In addition, there probably are 4-6 Humers which seldom leave the Prime Eucalypts (i.e. which do not have territories apart from the Eucalypts), and which probably are trying to establish "real" territories within the Prime Eucalypts themselves. 

[[left margin]] Humer [[/left margin]]
Working same area this afternoon. Arrive 3:35 pm. Some Humers chasing one another in Prime Eucalypts. Going on to area where I think Laf and Humers were holding territories this morning.

[[left margin]] Humer Laf 53 ✓✓✓[[/left margin]]
Well! Well! There is nothing in the clump of trees in which the Laf was seen this morning. But there are three birds in the clump of trees inhabited by the 2 Humers this morning. These three birds include

Transcription Notes:
The last word, judging from the next page, is include. Not sure what to do with the checkmarks in the margins.