1479 the meat, although he will brave them to get at it. Once however, when one of them buzzed and circled too close to his head, he ran off in panic. Okii has been seen to catch them, but he is extremely careful to beat them to a pulp and usually does not eat them until a matter of many minutes, or even hours, later. O and C both sang-C little, O more often. O put on a slumber song when he was sleepy at mid-day, which seemed as adult as any of Brownie's. June 29th. When I was in the cage at 7:30 A.M. Rhody took up his new magpie observation post, announcing his arrival with a beak-rattle of such high frequency as to sound like the tering of a piece of stout cloth. Soon after he resumed work on nest 9-37. Poni again sang his early morning song. The trush nest was examined and found to contain but two chicks The dead One found yesterday seemed to be uninjured. It was offered, when found, to Rhody. He picked it up but abandoned it. No Argentine ants were seen at the nest. (The dead bird was black with them). Rhody did not work much at his new nest during the rest of the day, although he found it a pleasant place to lie in. He could be found either there, watching the magpies, or lying by the loquat tree at almost any time. He has not yet dedicated the new nest with living sacrifice. Reference has been heretofore to his tendency to dramatize affairs. He is a natural comedian with a strong leaning, unconsciously, toward burlesque. Once today, in trying to take a branch about 3 feet long up to his nest, everything went wrong. In trying to get out of one difficulty he would get into another. His act was as funny as that old one of the paper-hanger formerly seen on the stage. Every now and then he has to show one of his twigs at the mirror for inspection by the "other bird" before incorporating it into the nest structure. Okii and Chisai were bright and lively, although Chisai (who was the "bad" one in the nest) in some indefinable way, is not the bird that Okii is. I suspect that, from birth, all has not been just right within him. Okii is now perfectly able to take care of himself. Chisai is not, I think. Chisai has now lost the "core" of the claw I stepped on and his foot bothers him, although it looks all right. He stands on one leg whenever resting. At about 6:15 P.M., when I put my hand up to the wire of the entrance door, Chisai, again, was upon it in a matter of seconds making pleased little gurgles and clucks. In a half minute more Okii again followed, but silently. Both began to doze: Okii with head under wing, Chisai on one leg. I could feel the rhythmic waves of vibratory muscular effort expended in his efforts to maintain balance. On placing a supporting finger against his right side (the side of the injured toe) these waves ceased abruptly. The birds were carried up into the upper annex of the inner cage. At 7:50 P.M. Chisai, as I expected he would be, was moving about complaining. As soon as he caught sight of me he flew at once out of the inner cage, making two right angle turns to get