hour before sailing down. Got a distant still of the house on which R will probably show as a small speck. Dis. from him about 175 yards. He also sang on the ground at a distance of about 8 feet from me. The bill does not appear to open. From the roof he can see for miles in practically all di- rections, and as the house is long and rambling, he has an ele- vated promenade about 200 feet long. About 11:30, while out on an errand, I caught sight of Rhody on top of a 12 foot bank about 75 yards away, before he saw me. He started to run as soon as he saw me, but stopped at once and waited until I passed below him on the sidewalk. Apparently he had recognized me. He then came down the bank, stopped 6 feet away and searched the ground at his feet to see if I had tossed a worm there which he had not seen. I have noted this action many times before and think there is no doubt that this is the correct expla- nation. I had not even made a gesture as if throwing him a worm. I now gave him one and he retreated behind a bush as an automobile pulled up at the curb; so I passed on. On my return a half hour later, he was just coming down from the upper garden with a lizard in his bill. (This was robbing my preserve, as I do not allow lizards to be taken from that part of the garden). He stopped on the driveway in front of me and sang his song with the lizard still in his bill. This continued for about a half hour, though at different places as he climbed bushes and the old oak. At times the lizard was placed on the ground and allowed to run and be caught again. Suddenly he came down from the old oak and ran to the cage, passing the mirror. He stood looking at the meat, still holding the lizard. The problem thus presented was solved by swal- lowing the lizard and then the meat--a huge piece. After staring at the birds he looked at himself indifferently in the mirror, made