( 4 ) Perisoreus canadensis. 1889. Maine. L. Umbagog. eating bread from my hand. They would also allow me to pet them and scratch their heads when in the cage without attempt- ing to get away. They ate freely but only a mouthful or two at a time, immediately afterwards refusing the most tempting morsels at first, but, becoming ravenously hungry again within ten or fifteen minutes. They also drank a great many times during the day. When taken in the hand they attempted to bite, but were capable of ex- erting so little force with their bills as to give little pain. During the first day of their captivity they several times filled their throats and held a piece of food in their bills for several misutes at a time, hopping about the cage and finally depositing the food carefully on one of the per- ches. This action showed that the habit of storing food is an instinct which is deeply instilled in their nature. But after the second day they gave up this habit altogether.