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Mixed Diglossini, Oct. 26, 1963, III [[circled]] 27 [[/circled]]

[[left margin]] Cy [[/left margin]] As far as I could tell, the probable territory of the Cy is quite large. Larger than all or most Brun territories in this region.

[[left margin]] Brun [[/left margin]] 8:00 am. See that one of the Bruns [[3 check marks over Bruns]] by the road has quite conspicuous gray supra-ciliary stripes.

[[left margin]] Brun [[/left margin]] This bird flies down and lands in a bush a few inches away from another Brun. Its mate? (Now I see that the second bird also has gray supra-ciliary stripes!) One or both bird(s) utter(s) "Greeting", i.e. a phrase intermediate between typical twitter and typical R followed, immediately, by "Za za". The approached bird just looks at the approacher for a few seconds. Then it appears to do a very brief and slight TV, with wings folded on the back. (This movement was so slight and rapid that I am not sure that it was actually ritualized.) The approacher flies away immediately. The approached flies away in the opposite direction a second or so later.

[[left margin]] Brun Carbo [[/left margin]] Are these gray supra-ciliary streaks characteristic of the whole population of Bruns around here? Are they another character adopted to maintain separation from Carbo????

October 27, 1963
Below Unduavi

Same place as yesterday morning
SEE TODAY'S NOTES ON GENERAL MIXED FLOCKS.

[[left margin]] Cy Brun [[/left margin]] I am still somewhat baffled by the range and/or territory of the single Cy in this area. Apparently, it does range into the territories of Bruns with some appreciable frequency. And apparently it has

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