er of any kind was seen or heard about the place, though frequent search was made. There was not even one scrimp during all that time. There were, however, hawks, even after sunset. They seem to have adopted the tactics of concealing themselves about the trees and shrubbery. Shortly before sunset I began a series of visits to B's nest, and did not find him there until 5:20 (a half hour after sunset); 5 minutes before he was not there. It was so dark that I had to use a flash-light. I had just flushed a hawk between the two visits. I wonder if B had reflected upon his over-boldness in the pres- ence of a hawk yesterday and had gone to the opposite extreme. Rhody behaved true to form throughout the day. When I first saw him in the morning he was about 100 feet west of my western fence, his head just showing above some low bushes. The first call started him in my direction and soon he was trotting toward me confidently for worms, catching them on the fly and taking them from my hand by reaching through the fence. Later he showed that he can pass the mirror, though aware of its presence, on the way into the cage without pecking it; but on the way out he usually yields to temptation. He still sleeps in the same place. (Max. Temp. 68). Dec. 8th. As regards Brownie, the day was an exact duplicate of yesterday, with the exception that he was found in his nest 5 minutes earlier, 5:15 P.M. I would like to know what is really at the bottom of this behavior. For two days now all I have seen of him is two glimpses of the under side of his tail by flashlight! Yesterday Rhody came without invitation to watch us digging in the garden and gladly accepted angle-worms. The wren-tits scolded him all the time he was there and he watched them keenly. Today he came to the oval lawn while I was trying to get an