He then gave it to the other bird, who made short work of it. since it was smaller. R then came down and stood in front of me to see what else I had to offer. This consisted of meat and worms which he ate himself and then retired to hover the nestlings, settling himself and hrooing softly. In a few minutes I saw Circe approaching, apparently before she saw me, and before Rhody saw or heard her. When about 20 feet away in the bushes she caught sight of me and retreated with a rustle of dry leaves. This attracted R's attention and for the next half hour or so he peered in all directions in an effort to keep her in sight as she approached now from one quarter and now from another, completely boxing the compass, and rattle-booing a half dozen times. R did nothing to encourage her to approach nearer and made no response, vocally, at any time. Finally he ceased watching and, on turning my head as much to the rear as poss- ible. I saw Circe preening about 20 feet behind me. She had not been carrying food at any time, and was again out of sight when I left at 3:30, after offering Rhody worms at the nest and having them refused. June 8th. I went to the road-runner nest at about 4:50 P.M. and remain- ed about an hour. When about 6 feet from the nest Rhody greeted me with his soft, but high-pitched whine, just audible at that distance. He immediately took the piece of Hamburger offered and put it into the mouth of one of the youngsters without pushing it down, depending upon its ability to complete the process, which it did, Rhody merely trimming the edges a bit where they protruded from the sides of the beak.. The other chick tried to get a portion away from his nest mate without success. Both "hum-buzzed". A second offering of meat was eaten by Rhody himself, as was also a third, no attention being paid to the second chick. A fourth