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6:09 Finch songs now dominant. Woodhewer heard in distance. 



6:10 More swifts. 



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



JULY 2, 1916: 



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

 clouds along the bright east. One star straight overhead. 

 Everything drenched with dew, valleys filled with mist. 

 Light enough to zvritc 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. 



5:32^ Two hanaquas N. E. 



5:33 Two hanaquas S. E. (near). 



5:33j/2 Two hanaquas N. W. (near). 



5 :35 Dragonfly hawking. 



5:351/2 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. 



5:36 T /^ 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. 



5:39 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. G. 



FIG. 90. YOUNG CAICA PARROTS 



