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Mixed Diglossini, Feb. 13, 1964, V [[circled]] 30 [[/circled]] [[margin]] Brunn [[/margin]] See single Brunn alone. [[margin]] Brunn Bari [[/margin]] Brunn is certainly the most common species here. Then Bari. Then CC (which is either very rare and/or very inconspicuous here). [[margin]] CC Brunn [[/margin]] I speak of the devil! See single CC perched exposed in [[underline]] exactly [[/underlined]] the same bush where adult and juv. Brunn were seen earlier. Good view of the bird. Breast [[underline]] is [[/underlined]] pale buff gray. Doing a lot of preening. Also sings a few phrases. Possibly intermediate between typical triplet and typical twitter. Usually begins with 3 or 4 clear emphatic notes "Zee zee zee" or "Zeee zeee zee zee" or "Zee zee ta zee", then "degenerate" into full formless twitter. These phrases are [[inserted?]] between Twitter Songs of adult [[male symbol]] Bari singing in distance. No overlap. CC supplanted by dull [[underlined]] [[bonarieusis?]] [[/underlined]] and disappears. [[margin]] CC [[/margin]] Then see same CC a little further on. Pecking at [[underlined]] stems [[/underlined]] of Agave flowers. Silent. Flies off. [[margin]] Brun [[/margin]] See a single Brun alone. [[margin]] Bari [[/margin]] 8:55. Adult [[male symbol]] Bari is back at his old stand in Eucalypts. Singing Twitter Songs without R. All other diglossinis silent. Leaving 9:00 a.m. Sun is out and everything seems quite dead. [[margin]] [[underline]] Gen [[/underline]] [[/margin]] Incidentally, I don't think that I have ever heard individuals of the [[underlined]] same [[/underlined]] species utter overlapping songs here. Possibly because Bruns are the only common species here and most of them are not singing very frequently? Nothing audible or visible in Bari-Brun-CC area when I go by 9:22. [[margin]] Bari? [[/margin]] A little farther on, hear something uttering Bari-like R's from top of tree 25 ft above road. Unfortunately, just catch glimpse of bird as it flies away. Impossible to identify. Bird continues songs in distance. All R's.