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Taugara, Oct. 31, 1958, III

The bird sat like this for quite a long time. Repeating single CN's, series of CN's, and "silent song" in a quite variable and apparently random manner.

It is interesting that none of the CN's during this performance, not even the loud single CN's, were accompanied by any trace of WF or TF. They would have been in other circumstances.

The bird opened and closed its bill with all the individual notes, single or repeated (apparently) during the "silent song", throughout this whole vocal performance. And the tail also quivered or [[?]] with each note.

Tangara, I

November, 1958
Bronx 300

There are a few birds of several other species of Tangara here: Golden Callistes, [[?]] (occidentales), Scarlet-faced Calliste,[[?]], and Metallic Green Calliste, labradorides. One Scarlet-face and one Metallic Green, two Goldens, but in different cages. I have been watching them off and on, but they haven't done anything very interesting.

All 3 species seem to have WF's and TF's of the usual Tangara type. All 3 are quite restless and mobile. All 3 have single "frit" CN's of the usual type. (I have also seen the Scarlet-face utter double-note CN's, repeatedly, at fairly short intervals.) 

One of the Goldens has also done a lot of rather prolonged