certainly a short I. The terminal consonant, produced by shutting the bill, is a P, or of not that letter, it is more like it than any other. The sound seems to begin with the bill wide open. At 10:50 I proceeded cautiously to the cage so as not to inter rupt any drama that might be in progress; but everything was quiet, R5 sunning his back and R nowhere to be seen. A loud rattleboo off toward the glade informed that Rhody knew all about my move- mements, and a glance in his direction revealed him just coming out of the bushes and beginning to spread his feathers for a back- sunning while awaiting further developments. I knew, of course, that what he wanted was grub, so headed for the tool-house, fol- lowed by him; but when I went inside he went into the shop-yard . Not finding me there he jumped to the window sill and tapped on the glass, looking in at me. I held a wriggling mouse by the tail close to the glass and he tried to get it. When I moved to the tool-house door, although he could not see me from any point along the route that he would have to follow, he reached me prompt- ly, crying with lowered head. I teased him no more, and he went off to sun himself on the bank by the fig tree. Meanwhile R5 had not eaten a grey mouse that had been placed in his can, although he had gone into the can to look at it. He allowed me to hold it less than a foot from him, but edged away. Thinking that, as he has been more accustomed to white mice while in the cage, a white one was substituted with no effect. When he went into the outer cage I followed shortly, and for the first time, he tolerated my presence there at the same time. He also (another first) picked up and "killed" a leaf. At about 12:30 I looked up R, finding him by the sage patch at the eastern edge of the glade. (The place referred to above as one of his favorites). He was studying his surroundings with colors displayed, but without crest raised. I tried my repertoire upon Without effect. He now pulled a short, thick twig out of the soft earth, look- ed about as if considering what to do with it, then headed for the cage, going directly to the mirror (which was not in view from his starting point) and there depositing it. R5 was out in the outer cage sunning his back on the perch across the southwest corner. He was aware of my presence, but did not leave. (Another first for him). He was watching Rhody without excitement. R glanced at him, but returned to his place near the sage. At 12:45 he ran quickly to the cage, stood in front of the mirror looking up at R5, who was interested in him but not afraid. R went up to the roof to look in the window at R5. (See p.ll35A). He remained quietly there for 15 minutes, R5 being in that portion of the upper amex and hopping from perch to perch cocking up head and tail and swinging the latter, much interested in R and not appearing frightened. (I left with both birds engaged as stated). Returning for a minute or two at 11:30 R was still on the roof but farther from the window and not watching R5. Another brief visit about 1:45 I caught a glimpse of R5 stand- ing quietly on the ground in the outer cage watching R peeking in at him and occasionally making a short dash parallel to the wire with spread wings. R then vanished utterly, but I found him at the sage again. During all this neither bird "said" anything. nor was there any appearance of animosity on the part of R, nor fear on R5's part R5 had not eaten his mouse. At 2:35 R5 had disposed of the mouse, and Rhody had gone. He could not be found after a search of more than 30 minutes.