IV. Field Techniques 
!• Clearing Regular Count 
Regular Count 
Old Style Count 
This type of count was made by walking around the clearing irom the 
end of the dock to behind the library and over to WAf looking for 
flocks mainly by eye^ also by ear, alruost never by actual scanning with 
glasses • When every bird of a given flock had been counted, and the reac- 
tions that had taken place during the counting were notated, I moved on 
to another area and looked for other flocks. No longer than ten to fif- 
teen minutes tos spent at one flock-at the most — before moving on. I 
never counted the same flock more than once within a half hour. 
2. Clearing Behavioral Count 
Behavioral Coutit 
New Style Count 
This count was made in the same way as the Regular count, only much 
more time was spent on each mixed flock in order to observe as many 
reactions as possible. OccaSsionally an entire hour was spent with one 
mixed flock. 
3« Ouayacon Honeycreeper Count 
?his was made solel;y in two trees in the clearing, one of which has 
been chopped down. I sat and watched the flock in it steadily for four 
hOTirs in the morning, recounting the contents not more than every fifteen 
to twenty minutes. Reactions were observed and notated continually, how- 
ever • 
4. Miseellaneous ^'Regular Counts" 
These counts were done as closely similar to Clearing Regular Counts 
as the conditions permitted, i.e., time spent on each flock, time between 
re-counts, etc. 
5# Seedeater Count 
This count was made, as is dtescribed in the field notes in the envel- 
ope, in one small location, where I remained for the entire period of 
observation. Circulation proved unsuccessful, aa the species were too shy 
and reacted to roe at less than seventy feet. Models were always used. 
