Field notes, v651
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U.M.Diazoz 1978 Turdus spp. El Jui?, 230 m., 11.5 km. NNE Encarnacion by road, Dpto Itapua, Paraguay. 1 September days ago in the woods bordering the miniature golf area. I used playback, and [illegible] a response from a rufous-bellied thrush (rufiventris or a soiled other species?) 8 September At 12:25 I heard a song like that I recorded yesterday. This also consisted of songs interspersed with calls. About 14:00 I saw a leucomelas in the NW corner of Becker's forest. It was motionless and silent on a limb about 15' up in a tree in the middle of the forest. 9 September While at manakin lek # IV today, I saw at least one rufiventris (time: about 09:00) In the afternoon I saw a flock of approximately 8 turdids feeding on the small fruits of a tall tree on the SE side of the airstrip right above the Airstrip trail (16:20 to 16:50). I saw leucomelas, rufiventris and amauroschalenus in the flock. Also feeding in the same tree were Cacicus haemorrhous (a flock of about 8 which stayed for only a few minutes) and Tersina currirostris. There were approximately 10 swallow Tanagers, and they dominated