1217 Archie's new tail, u though not quite complete as yet, is beautiful in its metallic reflections of rose, copper and varied greens. If there are "hunger marks" on it, they are not conspic- ous. June 29th. At 7:30 A.M. Archie was stowed away in the upper story of the inner cage, so presumably he had had a visit from Rhody, though that animal was not visible. He came to the outer cage where I offered a mouse, but he was intent only upon climbing to my shoulder, where he disposed him- self comfortably for a long stay. Dangling the mouse under his bill brought no results. Rhody suddenly appeared from nowhere with a bill full of pine needles, running rapidly by the cage headed for 5-36, concerned only with his mission. Archie froze at once (Julio said) but stayed. It was only when the mouse was placed on the ground that Archie became interested, captured and ate it. Although he meant business, it was clear that he lacks the strength of Rhody still. A test was made to determine if he had lost his old reaction to the worm-box. On its being held up where he could see it, clos- ed, he responded at once by jumping to my lap and reaching into it as soon as the lid was removed. Archie and Terry were accustomed to pass from the inner cage to the outer portion by the only available route which involved passing through two doors and a right angled turn. Although there is now a direct passage between them formed by removing half of the wire partition between the cages, in effect throwing the two into one, Archie still uses the old route, even when in a hurry. Except when Rhody is present or is seen, or has been present so recently that Archie is still disturbed, he is, as far as I can see, completely restored to the status quo ante. Even that reservation might be eliminated if we consider only the period of his last few day's confinement in April when fear first entered the picture. 10:30 A.M. Archie's fear of Rhody seems undiminished, but his technique is improving. He has evidently learnt something while at liberty, for, on the last several occasions of Rhody's visits, he has simply hidden and remained quiet. No long, frantic run to escape. For example, just now, on R's approach, he was sunning himself on top of a rock in my Upper Sonoran scenery, and merely dropped behind the rock and under a monkey flower. He fool- ed me, as I had thought he had gone into the inner cage through the opening which I have just said he does not use, and it was only after a thorough search inside the cage that I saw him accidentally He had moved from his post only about 2 feet. Rhody instituted a search outside the cage, gave up and fell to spread-eagle sun- ing, then preening, 20 feet from Archie's retreat. By accident, too, since he had abandoned his search, he caught sight of Archie and moved toward him. A saw that he had been discovered, went to the other side of the cage and began sunning himself. When R, who is under the disadvantage of being forced to use exterior lines of communication, renewed his approach, Archie, who has the advantage of interior lines, slipped into the inner cage and up