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Tangara, July 12, 1959, I                

er than I have ever seen a Bay head. (This difference between the two species seemed to be the same at Cerro Punta as here.)

Tangara, I 

September 21, 1959
London Zoo

Watching a couple of Superb Tanagers in a small cage here. This is presumably the same pair I watched briefly last year (see p. 13). Presumably the species fastuosa (= [[blue, highlighted yellow]]||||)

One bird was in much better and brighter plumage than the other. I shall call this bird A. I am sure that it is a male. The duller bird may also be a male. I shall call it B.

The most interesting aspect of the behavior of these birds today is the fact that they sang. A began to sing quite vigorously around 5:00 p.m., and continued off & on for at least an hour (when I left).

His song was quite loud and most of the notes in it were quite metallic or "wiry" sounding. Only a few rather pleasant or sweet.

His songs were extremely variable in form. They seemed to be composed of notes which were like ordinary CN's; series of notes like a moderately accelerated series of CN's; Rattles which sounded as if they were composed of an even more accelerated series of CN's; and single prolonged, rising, whining notes. A fairly typical prolonged song phrase might be represented as follows:
[[3 high notes]] de de de [[1 lower note]] da [[1 low longer note]] duh [[6 high notes]] de de de de de de [[zigzag line]] rattle [[3 lower notes]] da da da [[rising note]] wheeeeeeeee whine

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