the sides and. I hope, will prevent disturbing the sleepers by aerial,nocturnal prowlers . 8:25 P.M. (Cloudy, mild, threatening rain, Temp. 57deg.). January 28th. Bright and fair ; there was no rain. The young road-runners remained somewhat disturbed during the day and, as bed-time approached, again wandered about restlessly. Terry again sought my shoulder as a night roost. It was not until 5:50 P.M. that they essayed to occupy their regular roosts. January 29th. The roof covers were installed today. Neither A nor T was at all disturbed by the men working about the cage. In fact they were curious about it all, being especially interested in sawing operations. At bed-time they again put off going to their regular places until it became so dark that I helped them. Archie managed to get within one short jump of his bunk, but did not dare to make the last leap in the dark, so I offered myself as a ladder. When he reached my shoulder, he, for the first time, decided to sleep there, and repeated Terry's tactics exactly. I finally boosted him up to his bed and had to push him into his usual spot in it, since he merely clung to the edge. Terry continued his efforts to roost with me and was finally put to bed properly. I am more than ever impressed by their extraordinary help- lessness in moderate darkness. Rhody for the first time this year, renewed his last year's habit in courting time, of carrying food about for his invisible intended bride. When he came to the cage at noon, he picked up a piece of meat, faced the two youngsters with it in his bill, bowed slightly and began to wag his tail back and forth slowly in a horizontal plane. The young ones merely stared at him, without comment. He then wandered off repeating the gesture at times, still carrying the meat, although there was nobody to whom to offer it. All this brought no results, so he ate it. January 30th. When R came to the cage this morning he carried with him a billful of soap-root fibre, dropping it to pick up the meat. (There were two other men standing near with me). He trotted off with the meat and proceeded to offer it to invisible (and non-existent) prospective mates with sidewise tail-waggings, then, as before ate it himself. He made several returns for more meat, but each time gobbled it without preliminaries. He continues to "sing" at irregular intervals. Archie and Terry, the latter being the more advanced in this respect, are beginning to hroo more frequently. Archie twice to- day-- a record for him--while lying on my knee enjoying the sunshine. Terry, three or four times, the first being a reply to me when I hrooed softly to him within six inches of his face. This is another "first", as hitherto he has only ma-ed on similar occasions or opened his bill wide and shaken his head without uttering any sound.