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64 Tangara, Jan. 31, 1962, II [[left margin]] [[three grey vertical lines & one grey cross-hatched line top to bottom]] [[\left margin]] notes did not become longer, when a pair of PCT's flew over the nest, about 10 ft above it. These may have been the parents. Apart from this one dubious incident, the parents never approached the nest while I watched it early in the morning. About 7:10 a.m., I saw a pair of (presumed) adults feeding in a tree about 30 ft. from the nest tree. The young bird apparently saw the pair at the same time. It immediately began to utter "Sreee" notes, with a stronger rattling quality than the notes it had been uttering earlier. The pair did not respond in any obvious manner. I looked at the young bird again at noon time. It was still still[[sic]] sitting on the edge of the nest, but uttered slightly different calls. "Seeeee-tuh's", "Seeeeee - tuh - tuh"s, and "Seeeeeee - tuh - tuh - tuh"s The "Seee" part of their calls was presumably closely related to the "See" BC notes heard earlier in the morning. The calls were uttered in a rather rapid rhythm. Apparently indeterminate series. But the 2-note, 3-note, and 4-note type calls were jumbled together. 4-note calls presumably higher intensity than 3-note calls; and 3-note calls presumably higher intensity than 2-note calls. The different types of calls seemed to be separated from succeeding and preceding by pauses of approximately equal length. The bird opened its bill quite widely with both the "Seeee" and "tuh" notes. Probably closed between notes. Sitting in the posture shown on the following page. (This was almost certainly the same as the posture accompanying BC notes earlier in the morning.) Absolutely no trace of Q.
