78. rosette crown were observed at later dates). After several bows (or bobs) and calls one I presumed the ♂ (later proved ♀) approached and murmured and was answered almost immedi- ately and constantly by murmurs from the other. The ♂ then appeared to mouth the ♀ all the way down its body to its leg then lifted the foot a short way off the branch when the ♀ let out a hoarse low shriek and appeared to softly peck the other, ♂, (actkally ♀) whereupon both went off in cachinnation calls and ended up with "Ko-Kot" repeated rapidly several times in unison or irregularly. The ♂ (later ♀) then flew a short distance (five feet) and appeared to encourage the ♀ to chase it, a game then commenced of chasing each other in short flights for 3 or 4 minutes (keep- ing in and about the same spot) murmurs and occasional calls being given. They then fell to feeding again on vine berries exclusively till an attempt to line them up for shooting resulted in only one being killed. Though another hour was spent trying to get the mate which had returned within 10 minutes and called repeatedly the bird was thoroughly alarmed and on the qui vive and did not even allow a single glimpse of itself to be caust, though it would occasionally answer mimic calls but would not come nearer. The above observations were the first really success- ful notes made and further much long observation did not reveal much more of its habits except the true bowing and showing the rosette on the crown habit as regards feeding and playing behaviour though the knowledge tained this day (the first on which Aplonis and Pachycephala mock calls were made to cover small movement noises) enabled observer from then on to ap-