1094 attached to the inside of the entrance door. I happened to be standing by him at the time he froze and noted that it synchronized with the first sounds heard (by me) from a group of children about 300 yards away to the south. Terry's bill was pointed toward the south-west; he was sitting diagonally on the perch in a crouching attitude, his breast not touching the perch. The posture was strained. He was absolutely rigid, making no movement whatever when I stroked his plumage and talked to him. He might have been carved out of wood, except that his eyes were slightly mobile. He had a firm grip on the roost; even his upwardly curving rear toe was bent down and clasped around it. Julio approached from the west (Terry not moving) and pointed out a hawk sitting immovably upon the topmost snag of the old oak about 25 yards due south. Terry could see the bird with one eye. The hawk (sparrow) was not disturbed, but left in about 5 minutes Terry did not show any sign of noting its departure, but remained fixed. At 5:15 I unclasped his toes from the perch and picked him up without his making any movement other than to grip one finger strongly with one foot; the other foot was doubled up tightly in a fist and he thus rested a part of his weight upon the back of those toes. I carried him into the other cage and placed him on a shelf in the new portion. His posture was in no way altered during this process, the bend of his legs, the angle at which his neck and head were disposed as to his body, etc., all remaining the same. He now rested on the backs of the toes of both feet and I unclasped all of these toes and spread them out into proper po-sition, took his tail, which was hanging down, and pointed it upward vertically, placing it against the wall. He still did not move. I sat down about 10 feet away. In six minutes his head moved slightly sidewise, then back to the original pose. I went to him , felt under and about him, finding no change from the 5 P.M. con-dition and no apparent awareness of my presence or activities. I left him thus (he had not settled into a comfortable resting position). At 9 P.M. I returned. I did not risk disturbing him. He was still as placed, but I think (although it was too dark to see well) that he had relaxed and was then normal. Considering everything, it would seem that the bird was really in a hypnotic state. (Compare somewhat similar incident with Archie of Oct.20, in which, in the light of the foregoing, it now looks as if A had hypnotized himself by staring fixedly at the magpies). In both cases the bird was concentrating upon a definite ob-ject and, presumably, in unstable nervous equilibrium (if there is such a thing) and was stroked gently by me (with, however, no thought of trying to hypnotize it). This combination of conditions rather surprisingly resembles the procedure of hypnotists. This incident causes one to wonder if there may not be something after all, in the popular belief that birds are sometimes "charmed" by snakes. November 23rd. to 30th. incl. During this period the weather has been summer-like. Hummer This bird was not seen again on his night roost, but humming- birds (Annas) were common enough during the day. Thrashers. Brownie the only one in evidence; rather quiet, although frequently singing quarter song for long stretches . Road-runners. No change of unusual interest, although it should be noted that neither of the youngsters has buzzed about my feet for some time; this action seeming to be a juvenile characteristic.