At 5:40 he was still absent; this was a definite departure from routine. About 5:50 I saw him sitting on the crest of the bank of the west lot with a lizard in his mouth--very late hunting--exceptional. I went to him and he hrooded softly. A passing car caused him to retreat into the bushes, but he came out to the same post in front of me and again hrooded. Next he carried the lizard up into my place and disappeared for a few minutes, then reappeared without it and wiped his bill on the paving in the middle of the street. He went to his roost at 6 P.M. exactly. All of this is, is in some detail or other, departing from established behavior, and may be in some way related to the "new" road-runner which seems to have come here. Mocking-bird. April 1st. R was heard calling early in the morning, but the sound soon ceased. Not long after (about ) Mrs. Reynolds phoned that there were two road-runners there. I went over to get details, and there is no doubt of the fact. They thought one of them was Rhody because it was relatively tame. In any case, there are ,at present at least, not less than two of the birds here. I undoubtedly saw a stranger twice yesterday and Rhody's behavior is connected with that bird. Perhaps the miracle has happened and he has a mate. 9:35 Rhody seems to be away still. Rhody here with a mate! At 10:02 precisely, after having sneaked up carefully toward the suspected road-runner tree, a road-runner was spotted about 15 feet from it and almost at once, a second one. One of them was fussing about with its bill in some litter. Neither of them saw me and I stole away carefully to leave them to their own devices. And this is April Fool's Day. Yesterday I placed a lot of twigs