Learning of a continuous serial list with no intertriai interval (ITI) and no starting symbol was compared with learning of a standard serial list. As in a previous study by Lippman & Denny (1964), it was found that the continuous list was learned significantly more slowly and yielded a flattened serial position curve. There was a marked tendency for Ss in the continuous-list condition to respond correctly most often to the item which appeared second. When the item on which each S in this condition performed best was placed in the first serial position, a typical serial position curve was reinstated with some diminution of the recency effect. It was concluded that in the absence of explicit serial position cues Ss tend to provide their own.