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6:09 — Finch songs now dominant. Woodhewer lieai'd in distance. 



6:10 — More swifts. 



6:11 — Finclies and ground birds become dominant and have their hour. 



July 3, 1916: 



Sky clear ewcept for few fleecy clouds, and a few mountainous island- 

 clouds along the bright east. One star straight overhead. 

 Everything drenched rvith detc, valleys filled tvith mist. 

 Light enough to icritc easily. 



5 :30 — Wren in full song. Jungle pigeon in distance, and baboons howl- 

 ing. First chatter of martins. Two species of finches 

 singing. 



5 :32 — Two hanaquas S. 



5:321/— Two hanaquas N. E. 



5:33 — Two hanaquas S. E. (near). 



5:33y2 — Two hanaquas N. W. (near). 



5:35 — Dragonfly hawking. 



5:35^^ — First two martins going to river to drink. Palm tanagers leav- 

 ing nesting place. Moriche oriole leaves palm. 



5 :36 — Young martins chirping in box. 



5:365^ — White-throated flycatcher makes first catch and goes to thorn 

 tree perch, calling. 



5 :37 — Rooster flaps and crows twice. 



5:38 — Tinamou trills. Second pair of nesting martins go toward river 

 for drink. Eight dragonflies hawking. Hanaquas end chor- 

 us, each pair having called three times. 



5 :89 — Two wrens have sung almost continuously. 



5:40 — Woodpecker pounds in the jungle to the south. 



5:41^ — Indoor-nesting-martin feeds young. 



Photo by P. O. H. 



FIG. 90. YOUNG CAICA PARROTS 



