Archie, Terry and the mirror. Archie and Terry were given the mirror to play with today. Terry was the more interested, touching his image with his bill and returning frequently for another view; but there was no great excitement and no displaying. Archie regarded himself in a bored sort of way--was a little surprised when the "other bird" moved when he did, but went away indifferently and did not appear to have any further interest in it. (Rhody is still indifferent). February 7th to 13th, incl. A period of frequent, heavy rains, during which most birds sought cover. Brownie continued to work at his new nest, but in casual fashion. On the morning of the 13th, he and Nova inspected the dormitory tree and Brownie investigated his old nesting place under the roof behind the wind screen as if considering (as was the case last year) abandoning the new nest in the kangaroo thorn. Rhody continued his visits to the cage, but, probably on ac- count of the weather, sang less. On the 11th he was not in his roost at 5 P.M., but in the morning following he was there at 9:45 A.M. The morning of the 12th, Archie, although he has carried a leg-band for 7 months or more, for the first time was seen to be aware of its presence. Throughout the day he made efforts to pull it off, at times pulling so vigorously as to upset his equilibrium by pulling his foot out from under himself. (It has often been noticed that road-runners do not seem to be able to stand on one leg-- here). I "helped" him by holding his foot for him so that he would not upset. He accepted this aid readily. The next morning he was at it again. He permitted me to take hold of his foot, raise it and cut off the band without attempting to escape or show- ing any uneasiness. February 14th. Again some sort of a disturbance in the road-runner cage during the night. This morning at 7:30 both birds were seen to have injured their bills and foreheads again and there were 20 or 30+soft feathers scattered about the cage. The protective screens were in place and there were no signs of a prowler on the roof or elsewhere. Can it be that the youngsters are quarreling? 9:40 A.M. Examination of the youngsters and the cage more in detail shows: More than 30 fresh feathers were lost. They were all "soft" feathers from the body and one small tuft from the neck. There were no crown or crest feathers. There were no feathers at all on the wire screen of the cage. Archie has a wound on the back of his head, a place where it seems impossible for an injury to have occurred by mere contact with anything about the cage. Nothing was caught in the cat trap. (A large brown rat with white feet was caught in it night before last). There is no opening into that portion of the cage in which the birds sleep large enough to allow anything to enter larger than a small mouse. Neither bird showed any nervousness at 7:30. (There +69 by actual count!