C. zonatae 23 24 Barranca de Metlac May 15 Random Observations: 1. Breeding season just beginning. Mr. Rabago mentioned that it had rained one night the week before we arrived at Metlac and it has rained every day we have been here--so breeding is probably timed with onset rainy season. 2. FF with brood patches are fatter than other birds--Not have a "V" of fat in the interclavicular region O O = appx. claim of fat "V"-- also some other fat on feather tracts. Other linds have less fat and some have none. 3. This wen is [illegible] harder to skin than C. chispensis, C. himlis, nigricaudatus, or peocus. The skin is more firmly attached to the body, especially on the rump and legs. 4. The oil gland roil is yellowish while it is white in the above mentioned species. 5. Tails are frayed and an unusual number of birds have molting tail feathers--probably get tough work-out bec-cause of feeding habits => clinging to epiphytes and on branches. 6. Tail is often cocked up at an angle. 7. I watched several times while birds poked insect larvae(?) from epiphytes or pounded them against a branch--apparently to kile them or break them up.