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69 Mixed Diglossini, Apr. 20, 1965, V feeding on flowers. Hummingbirds hover instead. Scans presumably do not have room to maneuver inside dense vegetation. [[margin]] Humer Bari? [[/margin]] 6:55. Humer repeatedly chases two smaller birds. All silent. I think the two smaller birds were Baris. 7:05. Leaving this area. Arrive gardens Facultad de Farmacia 7:10. [[margin]] Scan [[/margin]] See Scans feeding on red Abu flowers. Definitely putting bill to base of corollas of flowers! I think I saw Scans near the Rectoria doing same thing with yellow Abu flowers. Not obviously inserting bill between petals. [[margin]] Scan [[/margin]] Is Scans using Diglossa holes? If so this would help to explain why it is so un-aggressive, so "meek" toward Humers!!! [[margin]] Gen [[/margin]] Oh well! I have just picked an Abu flower and looked at it carefully. Which rather ruins theory in preceding paragraph. Petals are naturally separated at bases! [[image: sketch of flower]] Natural "holes" between bases petals. But wait! I see that many of the Abu flowers have holes in sepals. Perhaps this is where nectar is! Back to Rectory 7:28 am. [[margin]] Humer [[/margin]] One Humer flies in and lands 2 ft from another in same bush. Utters R on landing. Then stands in posture comme ça: