the tree is often kept up for long periods, one singly or sometimes both together. When together they occasionally break into a duet of low pleased cachinnation and end up with their "ko-kot" call repeated several times, occasion- ally loudly but generally rather softly and low. Later generally about 2 to 3 to 4 hours after sunrise they fly down to the lower forest levels and commence feeding or playing, generally if within 2 hours some play is indulged in for some time before feeding is commenced. They feed on seeds and berries in the lower forest levels (vinefruits penubre, soft wood, berries and seeds, etc.) from 5 to 20 feet (generally between 6 to 14 feet up) and continue feed- ing with interruptions for pay off and on till 11 o'clock when the sun begins to get really hot. They then perch and remain silent and motionless till 3 or 4 o'clock, either high in a teak or in a dark shady clump of vines or trees in the lower forest levels 15 or 20 feet up generally, though sometimes as low as 8 feet. The following instance from my sub notebook copied into log was a typical example of the behaviour of these birds and because one of the specimens was shot and sexed, probably the most valuable note made. I take it that the unshot one was a male though this may not be so as last year's juveniles behave simi- larly and if as I believe the species do not breed till the end of its second year they might have been a pair of ♀ 2nd year specimens not yet having bred or mated. 31/3/38 - NYMPHICUS 2 under observation for nearly 1-1/2 hours then one was shot. The pair under observation were probably a mated pair and were first heard calling about