or four times a day and even then they have to be tricked into taking it at times. The trick consists in letting them chew a finger and then when they are off guard, slipping a mouse, lizard, meat or other food into their mouths as the finger is withdrawn. Occasionally they will capture a stunned lizard or mouse themselves. Archie always makes this a dramatic episode, reproducing Rhody's antics precisely. He certainly has never seen any other bird perform in this way--not even Rhody. Rhody continues to hang about as before the nesting season. Today he had a large piece of meat and two or three hours afterward two mice in succession. He still carries twigs, pine needles, etc. about occasionally, but so do his children. July 10th. Archie has developed a trick of galloping about the cage just as Rhody does out in the bushes on one of his irresponsible occasions. He usually winds up by fluttering about my feet with spread wings making his peculiar, thin, dry buzzing sound, wagging his tail horizontally (A trick only recently developed by Rhody himself) and often dusting my shoes as well as himself. He seems to be in- viting my attentions, yet when I reach down to pet him, he usually eludes me. Or if I offer him food he refuses it. Often he winds up by running quickly up my back, whereupon his buzzing ceases and he makes little ooh, oohs as if satisfied, pulls my hair or ear and settles down for a stay of a few seconds to a few minutes only to go over the whole performance again indefinitely. Terry watches him indifferently, never joining the play--if that is what it is. (Later he developed the same habit) July 11th. Terry continues to be the gentle, less active bird. He is more keen on trying to pull off the buttons on my clothes.