to me. That meant worms. While I was giving him some, a rustle behind me announced Brownie on the same errand. I gave Rhody worms with one hand and B sat on the worm-box in the other. They were thus about 6 feet apart. R pretended not to see B, but B was a little tense. Since B took no worms with him when he left, that means he has no babies in the nest yet. March 18th. When I looked up Rhody at 7:45 A.M. where he was sunning his back, he rattled his beak softly when I spoke to him-not a usual action. It is an odd coincidence that he should do this just as Archie has been developing the same performance. At 8 A.M. Archie was in the other hanging nest, crying. He wanted me to hand him twigs. This done, he contentedly placed them with care, calling for more. Incidentally most of them fell to the ground. Later in the day Terry wanted to work in the same place and was helped. This sort of thing happened several times during the day. So far they have accomplished nothing useful. Archie's new call. Archie brought to reasonable perfection a new call that he has experimented with during the last three days. It is: Puck, puck, . . . . etc. Rhody brought a large lizard to the cage at 2:40 P.M. He carried it directly to a point as near to the two young ones as he could get, dangling it before them. They stared solemnly. He then ran off for a few fantastic evolutions in the bushes, returning shortly to repeat the dangling act. Nothing happening, he swallowed the lizard. I wonder what this means? R was not seen working on his nest today, though he may have done so. March 19th. 9 A.M. At 8 A.M. Rhody on the sidewalk outside sunning. He came for worms, then saw a butterfly on a lantana at Scamells'. He caught it, tapped their window with it, then carried it to the roof, going up the front of the house. An Anna hummingbird buz- zed at him as he went up. A few minutes later he sailed down in response to call, land- ing at my feet. He was called down in order to show Mr. Sullivan how he catches worms on the fly. The demonstration completed, he ran and flew toward his nest about 150 yards away. He ma-ed for my benefit several times between worms. Begging? The young birds showed the nesting reflex a few times and Terry, each time that Archie was crying in the nest and taking twigs from me, was interested at once and approached the nest, A usually leaving. One time, however, as T arrived within 2 feet of the nest, I handed him a twig to see what he would do about it. He carried it to Archie making a clucking sound (the first heard) and held it over the edge of the nest where Archie could reach it, but A would not take it and T dropped it inside the nest. Pre- vious observations of these birds would lead one to expect a repulse by Archie under these conditions, but there was nothing of the sort.