so did not see the man until he was about 30 feet away. Apparently neither had he heard him. It was therefore a surprise to Rhody when the man (a stranger to me also) suddenly appeared out from behind the bushes. I had expected R to bolt, but instead, he im- mediately crouched down flat on the ground and kept his place, watch- ing carefully however. The man stopped when he saw the bird and I invited him to "come ahead", telling him that I wanted to see what would happen. I talked to Rhody reassuringly and he relaxed, permitting the stranger to approach to the foot of the bank as close as it was possible to get. Even then he did not go away for perhaps a minute or so, then wandered off slowly as if no longer concerned with our affairs, in possession of all his faculties and with honor. This was quite a severe test for him. A half hour afterward he was sitting quietly in the outer compartment of the cage where I gave him another piece of meat as a reward. I had replaced the mirror there this morning. He pecked it a few times mildly, but he seems to be altogether too sophisticated now to expect anything come of his efforts. The mirror had not been in place for about 2 weeks. If in the meantime he had forgotten about it, one would have expected him to go frantic over it on seeing it again as he did at first. It would seem to me, not only therefore, that he has shown a certain amount of ability to learn from experience,--an experience that, moreover none of his ancestors ever had in all probability--but the capability of retaining in his mind over a considerable period of time sufficient recollection of the futility of his past experience sufficient to guide his actions at some future time when again confronted with the same problem. Jan.22nd. A lot of full song by Brownie up to now (10:30 A.M.). About 10 I called Rhody at the accustomed place, but he did not appear. I was about to go across the street and see if he was