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Mixed Diglossini, Feb. 13, 1964, VII [[circled]] 32 [[/circled]] [sing]]ing stimulates species B to sing, [[underlined]] after [[/underlined]] A has stopped singing. [[margin]] Bari [[/margin]] Well well well!!! [[male symbol]] Bari around here, presumably same [[male symbol]] Bari, suddenly utters a number of song phrases rather different from any heard earlier. R-"HAC"-Zezeze [[zigzag pattern]]-Zraa- [[text slanting downwards]]zezeze [[/text slanting downwards]] [[margin]] Bari [[/margin]] R quite as usual as in songs composed of R alone. The "Zraa" [[zigzag line under "Zraa]] very harsh & hoarse with faint rattle undertone (a rasp in fact). Terminal "Ze" notes uttered very rapidly. Usually or always descending in scale. Number of "Ze" Notes variable, 2-4. [[margin]] Bari [[/margin]] Are the songs composed of R alone merely low intensity and/or adolescent?? Is this R-rasp sequence reminiscent of the Green Honeycreeper??? As far as I could tell, this [[male symbol]] was quite alone while he uttered his peculiar songs 4:36 p.m. Now I can hear what sound like pure R Bari songs in distance, in uphill part of Bari territory. [[[margin]] Bari V Scan Bari [[/margin]] [image - on left-- sketch of bird]] 4:42 p.m. Adult [[male symbol]] Bari back. Feeds on Agave flowers. Definitely piercing bases of flowers Attacked by hummingbird V, but stands ground. Then [[underlined]] Colibri coruscans [[/underlined]] attacks V, drives it away, and flies away itself. Then Bari begins to sing, first in Agave then in adjacent tree. First phrase R-Rasp. All others R-Rasp-Zezeze
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Colibri coruscans -- scientific name for Sparkling Violetear (a bird)
Added [[sing]] from previous page