commences it all birds close to it become extremely excited, father round, and call almost constantly. No attempts being made to mate with the bird or come closer than five feet (occasionally 3 feet) and generally most birds stay in the trees at higher levels than the caller and within a circle of 20 yards or so. Quickly birds at greater distances gather and soon anything up to 40 or more birds are in the small area, males generally predominating, jumping excitedly about, seldom still for more than a few seconds, and all calling loudly and excitedly, almost deafening an observer. The caller remains in the one position giving the one call, other birds often chase each other and apparently savagely fly at any bird they think they can bully, females being especially pugnacious. The moment the caller stops, calls die away and birds begin drifting back to their normal areas and feeding and calling. The caller carries on normally as if nothing had taken place. I could see no meaning to the whole performance, though I several times saw it from start to finish and several times heard it taking place at some distance away. If no calls are made both sexes are about equally shy, possibly the male adults being slightly more so than femal phases, juveniles are generally rather curious and inclined to come close. If low squeaking calls are made females and immatures simply flock around one - even perching on observer if he is very still - the male adults come fairly close and call excitedly and much, but are very