818 until sometime between that hour and 9:45 when he came and took worms offered him just across the street on my south bank. There was a gardener working in the Scamell back garden, beginning about 9:30, otherwise R might have stayed in bed longer. through At about 4:00 P.M. Rhody began to work his way fromxthe orchard in the general direction of his roost. He hunted most of the way. At 4:20 he entered the Scamell garage and spent 4 minutes admiring himself in a hub-cap--toward the end tapping it gently. When he came out he chose his old roost in the oak, using the house as a part-way station. Whether it has any significance, I do not know, but when I have accompanied him, he has always gone to the oak. It was bright and warm (Temp. 66) and the sun was not due to set for nearly an hour. I have thought that cloudy and chilly weather would make him go to roost early and get up late, but atthe present time, with weather conditions quite the opposite, he is earlier to bed and later to rise than has been noted on the few cloudy days that have occurred since his roosting place was discovered. His roosting period last night was apparently about 17 hours. Bb was not seen today at all. A small heap of feathers and the last joints of two wings were found at the foot of the old oak, and might have been all that was left either of a thrasher or a brown towhee; I was unable to determine which, but probabilities point to the towhee. Oct. 25th. Early song as usual. No Bb. Brownie and Nova both accounted for and frequently seen; B using the nest occasionally for resting and singing,and sleeping at night . Several hawk raids during the day, and most birds concealed for considerable periods, nervous and timid. Rhody--like Brownie--also scans the sky for predators and can