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with some care. When Rhody approached he wanted no more.
Rhody is really behaving with commendable restraint at the cage.
He finds outlet for his nervous energy by clowning sorties through
the bushes.
2:06. When I went out at 1:50 I learned from Julio that Rhody
had followed me into the shop. I found him on top of the cage and
he quickly repeated his journey of a few minutes before. I hoped
that he would show some recognition of Archie's presence in the
ritual that followed, but if he did, it was of a negative sort, for
he did not even take it to the mirror, being satisfied with the
sash over the seed boxes. He passed directly by the cage and up
to 5-36, without omissions other than those noted.
When I approached the cage Archie dropped down from a perch
above to the sand-box, crying and coming close to the wire, facing
me, then rearranged one twig, still whining.
It is extremely interesting to observe his old pattern unfold-
ing .
As yet he has not reacted to sight of the worm box, but for that
matter, neither has he accepted worms. Probably the rat breakfast
has had something to do with it.
Until about 7 P.M. Rhody was never away from the cage or its
immediate vicinity for more than a half hour or so at a time. His
attentions, though persistent, continued in "good taste". They
worried Archie just the same, but he did not again approach panic
stage, nor did he conceal himself in the acacia again.
Rhody, several times again, relieved his pent up feelings by
sudden booping dashes through the bushes, and once again, presented
a twig for approval at the mirror before carrying it up to 5-36.
Archie repeated his new call and gesture a few times more, once,
about 7:30 P.M. from his perch on my shoulder. He also "brought
me more presents". One of them, a twig bearing a tuft of pine
needles, he deposited on my shoulder, saying: Ook, ook, ook.
At bed-time he became restless, repeating former behavior, even
after Rhody had gone. I finally remembered a device I had used
under similar circumstances during his former confinement: holding
out an arm below the shelf where he "ought" to roost. This worked
at once and he hopped to his old place, tail against the wall.
He had refused all food offered during the day, except the rat.
He did not appear to chafe at confinement, nor did he ever touch
the wire netting, as far as I know.
June 28th.
At 7:30 A.M. Archie saw me approaching, lowered his head and
whined, although I was too far away to catch the sound. He then
jumped down from his perch, clapped his wings over his back (There
is the pattern again), ran to the sand-box and began to arrange
twigs, whining.
(Archie's ma, whine, cry, or whatever it is, differs from R's.
It is a monotone without crescendo or diminuendo. R's rises in
pitch, then falls; volume ditto).
Rhody was not around so Archie was gentle and friendly. I
gave him a nice, live mouse. He then brought a leaf and dropped it
in my lap and sat there quietly. When I touched his feet, he lift