paused by me, hrooed softly twice, and proceeded toward the direction from which the call came, trotting slowly. It is interesting to note here several points; (1) R's difficulties in keeping his mate on the job, just as in the case of B and N (though not B and G). (2) How the lizard-carrying episode fits in with his behavior before he got his mate, even to the tail wagging and refusal to eat it himself though hungry enough to take food offered. (3) R, so far, the principal, perhaps only, nest builder.(The male) (4) The female does call. (5) The call is not ventriloquial. (Counter to Dawson). (6) The vowel in this case was o . (Confirming " "). (7) R was prompt in responding to the call, but not hurried. About 2 P.M. Rhody was sitting quietly on his fragile plat- form doing nothing--just as the thrashers do. Also like the thrashers, little work was done in the afternoon. About 5:15 R was at the cage for meat and a mock pursuit of the magpies, his mate not in evidence. He retired to his regular roost. The mocking-bird was not seen for several hours, but he finally returned to the cage about sunset. Brownie keeps well posted on my movements, coming into the shop, and once discovering me a hundred yards or so out in the street as I was returning from the Reynolds'. April 3rd. Neither sight nor sound of either road-runner until shortly before 10 A.M. (Rain during the night). I took this to mean that they were together somewhere, otherwise R would have been calling. About 9:50 the koke...... call (This time the vowel sounding like a short u) came from the Robinsons'. A few minutes later, a road- runner, startled by a motor-car, flushed from there landing near R's lookout at the turn of the road. (Selborne Drive). It was Rhody himself; demonstrated by walking up to him and holding a worm within an inch of his nose. He began a search, which I followed, for lizards, occasionally stopping and giving his soft * See note of Apr. 17 Mb again returns.