Sept 2nd. Roughneck and B. These two birds seem to have established some sort of amicable relationship, or possibly a truce, since they are now fre- quently seen feeding together on the lawn. Archie and Terry The Archie is doing a lot of preening these days and discard- ing many feathers from his body, neck and head; Terry is much less advanced in that respect, although he has moulted his two middle tail feathers against Archie's one moulted and one lost by accident, but now completely replaced. Juvenile plumage not inferior to adult in iridescence. Hoffman says that the juveniles show no "metallic reflect- ions" in their plumage, but this is absolutely not the case with A and T from the very beginning. Direct comparisons made repeatedly viewed with Rhody himself at close range, in full sun and illuminated at the same angle fail to reveal to me any inferiority in the younger birds in feather coloration, metallic or otherwise. Skin patches back of eyes. The only noticeable difference in coloration is in the skin patches back of the eyes. The colors, particularly the "red", are less brilliant in the young birds. In the young birds this is a "faded apricot" (A's being brighter than T's) in Rhody it is (sub- ject to checking) scarlet. (In the only two colored illustrations, I have seen to date: Fuertes' in the "Book of Birds" and Mrs. Dickie's work just out, the colors are wrongly placed, as they are also in Hoffmann's description) Eyes These seem to be now fully adult in color, including the ring around the pupil, which is faintly yellow, as in Rhody. Bills A's is undoubtedly being replaced at the tip. T's, no change Sizes Terry still smaller. A looks as if he were actually increas- ing his margin. A still smaller than Rhody. Food They are still small eaters. Both are eating smaller quantities