Marshall 1945 GPO #244 Marauies 8 January blossoms - trumpet-like V. It's chase other lads away from their blossom- tree (esp. Zosterops.) All three kinds of pigeons present - Ptilenopus cooing coo-coo cucucucucu, co, co, co, co and perching in fruit-bearing trees very tame. Walk and turn about on twigs like a parrot. (Note- thick fleshy, feathered tarsi.) Black & White & pigeon usually with brown & alighting in Cows fruit trees & flying with slow labored beats to tall trees above gorge. "Field" Dove" in groups of 7 or 8 flying low over grassy area - very swift direct flight with powerful strokes. Fan-tails common, about a dozen seen, usually solitary or 2's & 3's Song - a descending cascade of high drilbing whistle like ant Wren or Golden-crowned Kinglet. Forage amazingly rapidly, among dense growth 2-6' up-penetrates densest cover tail^ always fanned out. Rapid darting flight after insects. "Yellow Warbler" one solitary in dense undergrowth. Stands high, and flicks wings like a thrush. ``` R3 ```