Rhody comes. Rhody was keeping himself, and whether he was trying to escape the all-pervading--though not loud--clamor. Perhaps as a coincidence only, he appeared at the cage just as the calm period began, though I suppose he must have been annoyed by the preceding sounds. I offered him a worm by thrusting it out through the wire with- in a foot of his nose, but the vigilant Archie reached out through an adjoining opening and grabbed it neatly. Rhody, Archie and Terry (and I) were then in a close group with wire shutting R out. The attitude of the three birds toward each other was casual and R made none of the sounds noted as being reserved for the youngsters. He picked up a piece of meat, including a yellow-jacket that was on it, permanently crippling the latter, with no evidence that he had seen it at any time. (As several times noted, he is afraid of these creatures). The foregoing again illustrates the strange aversion of the road- runners to children's voices. Terry's bill. Terry's bill appears to show still wider separation at the tip. Shortly after 12M the road-runners became somewhat restless again. I could barely hear a few children's voices in the distance by list- ening intently. Doubtless by watching these birds it would be possible to determine, thus indirectly, the school intermissions, etc. At 4:03 Terry who was trying to help me salvage a mouse which he had allowed to escape, suddenly left and began a ceaseless back and forth--up and down run and flight. Archie was soon infected. I listened--children--the nearest about 200 yards away. I could do nothing with either of the birds. School began this week after a long summer vacation. The overcast sky acts as a sound reflector. The combination occurring at this time probably explains more or less the recent marked increased nervousness of the birds. When the voices are heard, the birds will not eat. It remains to be seen whether they will become accustomed to them.