Fear extends it, I went to the cage and inside, but they were then afraid of me. Reaction to owl. A Speculation as to cause. 3:06 P.M. This incident has puzzled me greatly, as will be shown later, but in thinking of the reactions of these birds toward various persons, and recalling the bright colors of the dresses, color seemed to me to be a possible explanation. So just now I picked two bright red roses (Hoosier Beauties), put them behind my back before coming in sight of the cage. A and T were sitting together on the back of the chair on the platform quietly watching me approach. I went up to about 3 feet from them and slowly pro- duced the roses; they immediately flew into a panic and retreated into the nextcage. Each time I showed the roses they retreated. I did not push the test further for fear of alarming them unduly. Previously noted reactions. It has been frequently noted herein that these birds (and Rhody) become uneasy on hearing the voices of children even as far away as 200 yards and the first thought was, naturally, that it might or skirts be that they are afraid of women's voices, but they have frequently tolerated the presence of women on other occasions. When they ~ to take notice were, perhaps too young, they showed no fear of Mrs. Reynolds and her sister. Later only a little initial nervousness in the presence of Mrs. Reynolds and the same with relatives of mine of the same sex. In the present group there was one red sweater and a skirt checked in black and yellow. At the moment red is under suspicion. Rhody, as well as these birds, has shown fear in the presence of women, strangers, children and numbers, i.e.: groups of persons. But fear prob- ably due to variety of causes. All of them show some fear of an object, such as a chair or a coat being carried and it seems probable that a combination of the various factors above caused the panic. At least this will have to do for the present. Surprise shower. A brisk, "surprise" shower fell in the forenoon for a few min-