lazy little chump in the nest, but without success. B seemed even more anxious, but again gave up, ate the worms, sun-fitted and preened, cooled off with open bill and spread wings on my knee for a few mo- ments, then departed. Within a few minutes he was back with some largish object in his bill, going directly to the nest and giving it to the younger, who accepted it phlegmatically and resumed his "incubation". B then went off about other affairs. At 10 o'clock, when I left the glade, the young bird was still sitting quietly in the nest, letting the world go by, apparently supremely confident that whatever he needed would be brought to him and that it would not even be necessary for him to exert himself to the extent of calling to re- veal his location, as somebody would be sure to find him anyway. Rhody's technique 10:30 A.M. I gave Rhody a live Alligator Lizard about 11 inches long. He seized it by the shoulders, crunched it hard, then slammed it three or four times in rapid succession on the hard ground. The lizard was then dead. He carried it about a few minutes to avoid the magpies, then juggled it about to get it by the head and began the swallowing operation. When all was down but the tail, that appendage persisted in wrapping itself inconveniently about his bill; although the lizard was plainly dead--not even making involuntary movements-- the tail kinked. Rhody's first attempted solution was to disgorge- partially, but at the same stage of re-swallowing, the same thing happened again, giving the bird a comical appearance. The final solution of the dilemma was to push the coil off with one foot. This accomplished, a few hard swallows and head shakings did the business. Rhody then retired to his shelf, where he lay down to let nature take its course, with tail flattened vertically against the wall and face toward the magpies. When these birds got too near, an occasional mild b-r-x-r-r-p discouraged them. Brownie and Bb are making it their headquarters, following precedent, and Nb is showing an increasing tendency to come there. It will be interesting to note that