wild. (I.e. the young birds). Notwithstanding my absence of several days and the early stage of Rhody's taming tameness, he accepted a lizard from my hand without hesitation. I shall try him on an English sparrow. During the day Brownie made frequent applications to me for food, giving it all to his special charge. July 6th. 9:40 A.M. Dr. Reynolds brought a sparrow for the roadrunner, but could not wait to see the test. I entered the cage and the roadrunner came to me at once, took the sparrow in his bill and was immediately pursued by the magpies. I reentered the cage to keep them off, and he proceeded to juggle the sparrow about to get him pointed head first down his gullet. No attempt whatever was made to pick him to pieces, or in any way prepare him for eating. He got the sparrow finally by the head, having been holding him crosswise, and by a series of fore and aft jerky movements of his own head, caused the bird to slide down g radually. When the sparrow's largest cross-section arrived at the hinge of his bill, Rhody had to rest a little, then by one magnificent effort, got him by the critical point and, for a few moments, the sparrow's legs stuck out of the corners of his bill like the barbs of a cat-fish; soon to disappear, however. A huge Adam's apple appeared on Rhody's throat surmounted by a ruff of standing feathers. This slid down and subsided. The whole swallowing operation lasted about one minute and the sparrow was disposed of in its entirety without even one feather being lost. I wonder if he will disgorge pellets. 10:40 A.M. Brownie is showing signs of undersong's returning. Just now, when sitting on my knee waiting for me to "loosen up" with worms for him to take to his special charge, he repeated the thrush song very softly and sweetly. His youngster is sitting at nest No. 6 (No. 1 of 1954) in the glade. He is less active than Nova's bird. The latter came into the glade, unescorted, while I was