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Holmes, R
1964
C. melanotus
13 June Banoy Mokla
encounters unobserved - all having similar
patte action - all - I do not know
whether the same or was always upright
or vice versa.
Held 6-2 believe 87 - more exact
on not bleed ridge - been chased by
resident 87s + WR.
14 June Photographed 87 displays, 87-8 encounter, 10-8
grand courtship near nest on P. telka's plot.
The two 87s were making frequent contacts -
flaying side by side in air - or chasing or landing
on ground where fighting occurred (forward
aggression with tail down + fanned, wings folded
normally - head lowered + forward, back feathers
ruffled - dart at other - who usually was
upright "alert" posture - or the two sparred
heads being moving in part [illegible] to
ear side - neck + tail - giving a swan
mation + then an occasional strike (or dart)
toward the opponent).
Sev. chases seen on bleed ridge near
Guruline - same sort as above.
- 87 PS [for one nest which had 3 eggs
today] wood duck warned a grass where
P.T or PDS fledgling - in The case I'm last -
The included single 87 in hunting display
+ chasing 87s.