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Mixed Diglossini, Mar. 8, 1966, IV [[circled]] 16 [[/circled]] [[underlined]] noisy aerial dispute involving 4 individual Cinns![[/underlined]] Everything very quiet now 6:58. [[margin]] Cinn Ater [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Probably the populations of both Cinn and Ater are large here. But the Ater certainly are skulking [[/underlined]] [[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] See another single Cinn. Silent and alone. [[margin]] Scan? [[/margin]] 7:02. Both Atlapetes and hummingbird with Scan-like Song are Singing again. Completely overlapping. Hummingbird shuts up. Atlapetes continues. NODWA. [[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] Still another single Cinn. Silent and alone. And then another flies by. Vocalizing. 7:07 One Atlapetes still Singing. NODWA. Shuts up. [[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] Still another noisy aerial dispute among Cinns. [[margin]] Ater? [[/margin]] 7:12. A few more Diglossini Twitters. NODWA. Sun beginning to reach this area 7:15 am. [[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] Walking along road, see another single Cinn silent and alone. Also hear more Scan-like Song. NODWA [[margin]] CC [[/margin]] 7:25. Further down road, hear what sounds like CC Twitter NODWA (or hummingbird — "NODWAH") [[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] 7:30. Walking along ride path, see another single Cinn silent and alone [[margin]] Ater? [[/margin]] Then hear more Ater-like Twitters. NODWAH. Shuts up. [[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] Then see another dispute among Cinns. [[margin]] Ater [[/margin]] 7:35. See single Ater feeding small purple flowers. 8 ft up top bush. Exposed. Silent and alone. Then 2 Cinns fly by, engaged [[margin]] Cinn [[/margin]] in aerial dispute. [[underlined]] Apparently they ignore, and are ignored by, the Ater! [[/underlined]] Then one of the Cinns returns. Sits on perch only 4-6 ft from feeding Ater. No obvious reaction between the 2 birds. Eventually the Ater flies away. Cinn flies at almost same time. Also flies [[Margin]] Cinn [[/Margin]]