ings, paying no attention to the rest of me, a curious performance. but di Archie was full of the old Nick today in a playful manner, running about at times and rattle-booping sonorously, chasing Terry incidentally without malice, pulling at everything loose: strings, sticks, stones, etc. and breaking off leaves and small twigs, flirting with the magpies. At bed-time Terry was the first to go and went directly to Archie's favorite couch at the east end. Archie did not fail to dobserve this, but, made no attempt to oust him, seeming to be at a loss as to what to do about it and delaying his own retirement for perhaps as much as a half hour. During this period he dusted inter- minably and mewed about my feet and for five minutes or so sat im- movably upon a rock apparently trying to determine upon a course of action. This is quite different from usual bed-time procedure. While on the rock he was as motionless as if his feet were glued there and permitted me to take all kinds of liberties with him without protest or movement. When he finally made up his mind that he to wanted Terry's couch, his resolution was severely shaken by an unexpected repulse by Terry-- something new again. After a long period of irresolution he went weekly to the other bed and stayed there. At 11 P.M. I went out and found them both "as they were". This is Terry's first successful resistance to Archie's dictation of choice of bed; and just at the time that A's dictatorial attitude had recovered from temporary eclipse and even reached a peak. September 6th. At 5:20 P.M. Terry was again the first to go to rest, again selecting A's favorite spot. A was again perturbed by this change in the trend of affairs, wandering about the cages and mewing about my feet, repeatedly dusting, picking up small stones and trying to "kill" them. He frequently glanced up at the shelf but could not bring himself to attempt to reclaim his old location. He tried