5:50 P.M. (Temp. 50) I have not seen Brownie during daylight hours today at all, nor heard him; but at 5:10 he was in his nest for the night. I had just looked there about 5 minutes before. Rhody did not go to the cage for meat during the day. About 4 P.M. I found him outside the fence, looking in, lonesomely. He crawled under it when he saw me and followed me for a short distance as I went to the house to get some meat for him. When I returned he was apparently waiting for me and gobbled the meat at once. I wonder what his idea is in not going fo the meat himself; he knows where it is. Possibly he is getting luxurious in his tastes and now expects food to be brought to him. He has never struck me as being a very diligent hunter, anyway. The little rail does not appear to be so tame; possibly because he has plenty of food in sight nearly all of the time and does not need to come to me. Yesterday morning he was so thoroughly soaked that he looked black, and steamed , like a horse in the rain. He must have delib- erately stood in the rain for a long time, as his nest, the bush and three quarters of the cage (the roofed portion) were perfectly dry. It could not have been due to bathing only, because he never wets himself so thoroughly. Dec. 15th. that, whatever insides may have been lack of that nation the I heard Brownie "sounding off" a little after 7 A.M. and went out to apply the same remedy to his recent wandering away that I used on the 9th. He was in the glade, silent. After taking worms from hand he climbed the old oak and bggan calling, using phrases of full song. He was quickly answered by the same high pitched song from the south east as on the former occasion. Both birds sang at the same time. B would occasionally stop and listen in all directions, turning his head rapidly from side to side. When the distant song ceased he concentrated his attentions more upon