. Bird lore . t, while all these ground-running birds answer eagerlyto a call, they are very easily satisfied on seeing its author, and usually theresponse, now almost under foot, suddenly fails, and the little featheredmouse that gave it swiftly and silently trots away after one quick look at the l62 Bird - Lore huge impostor. I think we all had certainly scores of these little ground-ghosts within fifteen to twenty feet, and not one-tenth of them gave us somuch as a fleeting glance at them. Grallarias note can always be closely imitated by a whistle. The callof the common Compra pan, whose n
. Bird lore . t, while all these ground-running birds answer eagerlyto a call, they are very easily satisfied on seeing its author, and usually theresponse, now almost under foot, suddenly fails, and the little featheredmouse that gave it swiftly and silently trots away after one quick look at the l62 Bird - Lore huge impostor. I think we all had certainly scores of these little ground-ghosts within fifteen to twenty feet, and not one-tenth of them gave us somuch as a fleeting glance at them. Grallarias note can always be closely imitated by a whistle. The callof the common Compra pan, whose name is the Spanish literation of hiscall, has a very quaily quality when heard near at hand. Three drawlednotes—^A, F, G, the first and second three tones apart, and the last came to recognize this as an exact marker of the lower line of the secondlife-zone, beginning at about 4,500 feet. This species goes up almost to theupper limit of trees, and adheres closely to the cloud forest. I never heard. COMPRA PAN (Grallaria ruficapiUa) Impressions of the Voices of Tropical Birds 163
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