Rhody repeats courteous refusal of food. offering was refused by Rhody, in his courteous way, by his reaching out and taking it in his bill gently without removing it from hand. After waiting a few minutes, another offering was made which was again refused in the same manner. Worms were then offered, which he took with great delicacy one at a time, until when he wanted no more, instead of repeating exactly his meat-refusing behavior, he took the end of a finger in his bill instead without exerting perceptible pressure, releasing it in a few seconds. In all the time I was at the nest he did not feed the second bird, removed no excrement, took frequent short naps, occasionally aroused and looked about as if to see if his mate was approaching and seemed perfectly at ease. I put a finger under him once and he made one syllable of his rattle-boo--very softly, but showed no resentment otherwise. Certainly a very gentle and courteous bird. Rhody justifies his name of Dusty Rhodes. He had evidently just had a good dusting before going on duty as at every slight movement, either of his or of the youngsters, a slight cloud of impalpable dust would arise and drift away, reminding that his "Christian" name of Dusty was even more appropriate than I had supposed in the beginning when he was christened Dusty Rhodes. Circe did not appear on this occasion and I saw no more than the heads and necks of the "squabs". Age of young road-runners. There is a gap of four days between the time when eggs were last seen in the nest and the time when the young were first found in it; as a consequence their age can not be determined. It is not more than about 10 days and not less than about 6. The mean of these is 8. Judging by Rhody's behavior as regards loafing time, I am inclined to think that 8 does not differ much from the truth. Brownie feeds young bird a newt. A small newt (salamander, waterdog) was given to B, who after pounding it about a bit, gave it to one of the youngsters who swallowed it easily.