1390. took it up to the nest. There he cried with it still in his bill for a couple of minutes, then swallowed it. At 4 P.M. he was home again, soon trotting off toward the west lot. Brownie was not seen to work on his nest at all; but was lying in it at 5:15 P.M., slipping out quietly to perch on my hand for worms. His feet were very warm. At one time (recorded in notes) I wondered whether unexpectedly warm feet of his indicated a rise in body temperature due to the excitement of the breeding season. While there may be such rise, of course, in this instance, as in many others observed, the high temperature of his feet was due to his having been lying on them in a nest. Nothing was seen of the reported brood of young quail. February 23 rd. Rain at intervals throughout the day alternating with sunshine. At 9:30 A.M. (raining) Rhody was seen in his house in the roost tree as I passed by. At 2:30 I hunted for him in the brush of the west lot . He came to meet me, crying, still in the brush. I left him, carrying the mouse about in the brush looking for a recipient. Brownie was not seen during the day. February 24th. (Sunset 6 P.M.). Rhody not in his roost at 10:30 A.M. (Alternate sun and showers) At 10:30 Brownie was called over from the Robinsons' and was followed by Nova. At 10:45 Rhody was seen carrying a twig to nest 2-36, crying piteously when I stood near him. By 10:55 he had come down and received a mouse. This he took over the fence to the cage, but did not offer it to R5, merely standing close by quietly. R5 preened at my feet when I entered the cage, making frequent applications to his preen-gland for oil. He was so close I could see the little drop of oil which he squeezed from the gland. He scarcely noticed Rhody, who went back over the fence and up to nest 2-36 with the mouse at 11:15. A half hour later Rhody was back and on top of the cage sunning R5 was on a perch just under him with only the wire between. He was looking up at R with his bill only a few inches from R's feet and trying to get a look at him. He curtseyed and hrooded once. R ignored him for the most part, but once raked his bill along the wire above R5's head. Soon the were both sunning and exactly the same distance from me; in the same posture; with identical illumi- nation; backs toward me. I could compare them well: Rhody is unmistakably larger everywhere. No difference can be detected in the bare skin-patch back of the eyes as to hue, tint, shade or pattern. This also ap- plies to the slaty-purple skin above the eyes. Rhody's breast appears to approach white more nearly than R5's. That is: it may be somewhat less tawny. His back seems to be less "warm". That is: it is not so brown. The downy feathers at the "cowlick" at the base of the