In it the wings are crossed over the back and lying on it, sometimes with the long flight feathers interlocked like playing cards in the act of shuffling. The wings are then rapidly "rubbed" together. Defective feather. The defective feather in B's left wing has not been replaced, and now has at least one more--possibly two more--adjoining feathers similarly affected. No nesting activities during the day, though B continued to visit the nest and slept in it at night. Rhody went to roost at exactly 5:12. Oct. 19th. Scattered song by B during the day, beginning early in the morn- ing; some calling from the nest, ending with his going to sleep in it about sunset. The structure has not been completed. Rhody surprised me by suddenly appearing at my feet while I was hammering and sawing inside the cage. When he went out and began to play with twigs and leaves, I got a mirror to hold in front of him, but he was suspicious of it and would not allow himself to be tricked into looking in it and wandered off. He made theatrical dashes at various small objects and carried a leaf down to the street where he proceeded to "kill" it. I did not time his roosting for the night. Oct. 20th. Rhody and the mirror. Very little early morning song. When I saw Rhody in the orchard drinking, I knew he would wind up at the cage. So at 11:40 I placed an 8 x 11 mirror in the "vestibule" of the cage where he would have to pass within a foot or two of it in order to enter, and located at such an angle that he could not very well avoid seeing himself in it. As he passed about a foot from the mirror, he caught a glimpse of himself and shield like a horse, but continued on to get the meat.