It is impossible to get all the mice, sparrows, lizards and snakes that this bird can eat, so his staple diet is necessarily meat, al- though he does not take it very happily. He often will allow it to remain untouched for hours, but, rather curiously, he will frequently pick up and eat a piece which he has previously refused if I touch it with a finger. Sometimes also he will eat such a piece when it is pointed outto him, notwithstanding that it has been in plain sight for a long time. While he usually wipes his bill after a meal, it is especially noticeable,in the case of raw meat, that he is particularly thorough in this act, as if meat were distasteful and he wished to remove all possible traces. Sept. 19th. As usual, now, there was much full song by Brownie, wandering from place to place. About 8:15 he was seen stirring the twigs in his platform. About 10:30 he was in the patio. He was given worms and I then went to the dorm to see if he would come there, as he does after being fed when his intentions are serious. Within a few minutes, sure enough, he came and fussed with the structure. This is taken to indicate that he really wants to rear another brood, and that whether he does will probably depend largely upon his mate's receptivity to the plan. During the rest of the day Brownie was often sitting on his plat- form, sometimes singing a very soft continuous under-song, at other times perfectly silent for many minutes in succession. Again he would burst out in loud musical phrases--doubtless intended as calls. Bb was given worms from the hand a couple of times, but he watches the bushes keenly and is ready to bolt on the slightest provocation. Brownie's influence, no doubt. Sept. 20th.