in the shade. This was an extremely interesting performance and one which, at the same time, displayed Rhody's real beauty to greatest advantage; for under such circumstances, full of animation and intensely inter- ested himself, with black, white and green showing prominently, he is a handsome bird. R's bed time Dr. Scamell says that Rhody went to bed early last night. 5:25 P.M. Rhody went to bed at 4:55. R's rising time. The doctor says that he did not leave his roost until about 8:30 this morning. 15½ hours in bed should be enough for any bird. The days are mild and clear and there seems to be no weather condition that would encourage such laziness. Oct.21st. Brownie began the day with song and calls. It began to rain during the early forenoon, and Rhody, when seen, appeared to be trying to determine what it was all about. He would sit under a tree and watch the large drops falling from the branches. His back and tail were quite wet and he looked disconsolate. I made a house for him and placed it in the tree at the Scamell place where he roosts, about a foot from his perch, taking a chance on it's frightening him away. However, at 4:25 (early even for him) he jumped up into the tree and sat on the front porch of the house. I left and returned in about 10 minutes. The rain had ceased and it was clearing. Rhody had moved to his regular roost. I placed a similar house, slightly larger, in a cesnothus on the bank north of the fig tree, as an alternative, hoping that he would find it and sleep there instead of away from "home". Naturally I do not know whether road-runners will occupy such houses. In the closed part of each there was put a comfortable bed of pine needles. Perhaps he will think that these are nests of other birds, and it remains to be seen whether they repel or attract him. I believe that