RR moult. This may be considered completed. Making no allowance for known accidental loss of feathers, the feathers known to have been renewed in the natural course are: All "soft" feathers on head, neck and body, including wing and tail coverts, eyelashes and bristles. It is not positively known that all of these were moulted, since the process is long and gradual and many feathers are replaced entirely before their fellows in the same tract have fallen; thus during the moult the plumage is made up of old and new feathers, pin feathers and bare places. The two middle rectrices are believed to have been moulted naturally on both birds; many of the others were lost through accident, but both birds still have many of their original tail feathers; Terry even having two of the stubs of the feathers which I cut off. The alulae were shed wholly or in part; I am inclined to think by accident. A few flight feathers were lost; all, I think, by accident. The natural moult, then, appeared to consist of the soft feathers plus two middle rectrices, though it seems odd that these tail feathers should be exceptions. Night roosting. A and T seem to have pretty definitely settled the matter of their resting places for the night. There has been no disturbance at bed-time for many days: each bird goes to his selected place without interference with the other. Archie still uses the hanging nest exclusively and T the small shelf in the new extension. They may, and usually do, pop in and out a number of times before settling for the night, as if to observe what is going on, this being directly contrary to Rhody's habit of remaining in his roost after once going there. Relations between A and T. No tendency of Archie to domineer over Terry has been observed for two or three weeks, and they seem to be more tolerant of each other than they were before. Reactions to worm box. Archie usually reacts at once when shown the worm box, but Terry not at all, though he seems to like worms as well as A. 8th. pellet. The 8th. pellet, a felted mass of mouse hair was found on the 21st. Eye-shine. This has never been observed when a light is turned upon the birds at night; but during this period it was seen once in Archie just as he emerged from shadow into the direct sun light. Rhody annoyed by boys. On the 19th. Dr. Scamell came over to tell me that three boys were shooting at birds in the lot to the west of here with sling shots. This is Rhody's domain. We went there, meeting Rhody who appeared to have been driven out by the boys, but the boys were not to be found. The intention was to call the police. Rhody absent. Rhody appeared here as usual on the 20th. and 21st., but was not in his night roost on the 22nd., 23rd. and 24th., nor was he seen by me on any of the three days. His meat outside the cage was not taken on the 24th. On the other two days it is possible, of course, that, although it disappeared, it may have been taken by some other creature. During this three day period search in his accustomed haunts and calling produced no results. December 25th. 12:50 P.M. no Rhody to be found. I wonder where he will get his Christmas dinner. He was to have had mice, meat,