bed, but, although he adopted the suggestion, he was too fearful of T to go all the way. At last, however, after many half hearted attempts he succeeded at 6:30 P.M. in lodging himself in the west- ern corner of the shelf. He was still there and everything was peaceful at 8:30 P.M. Terry had kept him out for an hour or more, dominating the situation completely. It is evident that some other arrangement will have to be made in sleeping accommodations. Itis, of course possible that, if, as has been stated, road-runners are solitary birds, these birds, as they grow older, may not get along together at all, or with Rhody when liberated. B sleeping in dormitory tree. On my return from the 8:30 visit to the road-runners, I turned the flashlight up into B's old night roost in the dormitory tree, and was pleased to find him sleeping in his old roost under the little roof, behind the wind screen. If I could only get Rhody under a roof (and free at the same time) all my special friends sleep would be dry when winter comes. Loss of heat from birds' bodies. Despite their protective covering of feathers, the loss of heat from the bodies of birds, especially when wet must be large. This loss, during sleep, must have material effect upon their vitality, Doubtless a bird protected from unfavorable weather, but in other respects living a normal life, should have its expectation of life extended. When one of the young road-runners is sitting on my windward shoulder the warmth from his body is plainly felt on my cheek. Odor of road- runters. Although they are meat-eating birds, A and T have no dis- agreeable odor whatever. I have repeatedly sniffed at them at close range. All I perceive (and that somewhat uncertainly) is an odor of "warm feathers". Not scorched feathers. Roughneck. Roughneck is still here making free with all feeding facili- ties and using the upper garden much. He had a good meal of seeds