have carried far. Still there was no tail wagging. At 9:20 he sang again, and at 9:21 began to wag his tail, right and left face, about face, croo and bow; so it was intended as a lure. At the same time he began to move about 3 to 6 feet at a time. At 9:38 I went for the movie camera, although the light con- ditions, especially on account of the heavy undergrowth, were un- favorable, returning at 9:45. (This time interval gives some idea of distances). Until 10:45 I kept in touch with him, getting several un- satisfactory shots of his action, due to conditions, I could not use a tripod. Diaphragms varied from F2.8 to F5.6.distances 8 to 15 feet. He did not seek to avoid me, but regulated his movements on his own initiative. Up to 11:45 he had, at no time, gone more than 50 feet from the point where he was first seen. At 10:45 he came down the bank and started up the sidewalk as if headed for home. A passing truck accelerated his movements and he disappear- ed in my "chaparral" covered bank. Until 11:20 I looked for him without success in the most likely places. On my way to nest 2-36 I passed nest 1-36. To my surprise, there was the old rascal's tail sticking up out of it -- the first time he has been seen there since he commenced No. 2 of this year. I had not the slightest notion that he would be there, and looked up at it merely to be sure that I had overlooked no possibility, however remote it might be. He stuck his head over the edge and whined at me, but no snake was in his bill. Perhaps it was in the nest. (End of this note). 12:15. Rhody is still in the nest; his tail is now horizont- al, supported by the rim. Perhaps he ate the snake and 1-36 was selected as the most convenient place in which to lie quietly and let nature take its course. When next seen he was going to work on nest 2-36. At 5 P.M. Rhody was intently watching the magpies from his perch outside the magpie cage, but inside the main cage. As a further test of his possible view point as regards these birds,I went in to him and handed him a very small, live mouse, thinking that if he took it while so keenly concerned with these birds, who were only about 2 feet from him and at the same level, he might display for them, if he considered either of them as possible mates. The small size of the mouse was determined upon on the theory that he would be able to kill it in one squeeze without any need of his going down to the ground to hammer it there. It worked out all right. Rhody took it without shifting his position, looked for a moment of two at the pies, seemed to think, then drop- ped to the ground and began at once his regular performance, facing away from them and walking off to the inner cage, where he contin- ed his performance, but only for a short time. A curious feature was introduced here. He looked down at the water in the pool with the mouse still in his bill, hesitated, then shifted to the opposite side and attempted to drink without dropping the mouse. In the process the mouse was dipped beneath the surface and Rhody made swallowing movements while his bill was immersed.and the mouse still in his bill. The effort did not ap- ear to be successful and was abandoned. He walked past the magpie ate the mouse and then returned to continue his watch of them with occasional short jabs at the wire when he thought they were within reach. It would seem from all this that he has no mouse-associatin in his relations with the magpies and his interest in them is not as prospective mates.