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LL Wolf
1963
2
Amphila mystacalis
August 7
9 mi. SE. Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico
at vast double brooded. Several & collected today were getting ready to lay while there were also four grown juven. essentially finished with postjuv. molt.
watched a & just after collected or ~ 10 feet away.
She foraged about 1-2 feet up in legume tree near where trunk bifurcated. Some leafy branches here. When collected she had a 3/4 inch brown caterpillar in bill.
chatter: every this species sound soft purled like humeralis, but with individual notes less distinct + more shvered together. Heard individual birds giving chatter after I collected one grain. Also had several instances of two birds flying into tree together + landing very close together + then commencing chatter. Thought both birds were involved. Not close enough to see details of any display connected with chattering.
August 9
4 mi. SW Matatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
individual
John recorded song of one bird + got no response f s playback. Neighboring bird responded by approaching recorder + singing back.
song Song is ~ 72 mmmm... At 0630 bird is giving +- almost entirely. Given from exposed perch in or near top of shrub or rocky hillside.
Has very high thin treble note which sounds very