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Mixed Diglossini, Aug. 25, 1965, VI

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As I go, I hear more Bari Twitters, overlapped by "Chuk" Song

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Go on to garden of Rectoria. Find 1 adult male Bari and 1 (or, more probably 2, female or Juv. Baris in Yellow Abu. Male is definitely feeding on flowers! Flower after flower in fact! One of the females or juvs. follows him. Doing lots and lots of Wing-Q. With lots of hoarse "Tsrrit" & "Tsrrit-tsrit" notes. Most of the Wing-Q is done from a largely unritualized posture — with some fluffing of belly. But, at least once, the female or juv. assumes Bill-up Tail-up Posture for some seconds. Not very extreme. More or less comme ça:

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Certainly some belly fluffing. Back apparently slightly fluffed or ruffled also. 

The male doesn't pay any attention to this. Eventually female or juv "gives up." Stops "Begging." Goes and feeds on Yellow Abu flowers in usual Diglossa manner.

[[left margin]] Scan Bari [[/left margin]]
When this began, Scans were audible in neighboring trees. Uttering "chuk" Song. But none in the Yellow Abu with the Baris. Then at least 2 Scans fly into Abu. Baris don't pay any attention to them! Continue feeding as before. Scans just perch, and also feed themselves. Eventually, however, one of the Scans attacks a female or juv. Bari and drives it out of the Abu bush.

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8:44 am. Now there are at least 2 Scans and 1 female or juv. Bari in same Yellow Abu. Scans fighting among themselves. But apparently ignoring Bari.

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I think the Baris here probably are a family group, including

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