March 27th. Brownie now sticks to me. B bolder in R's presence. Brownie is now sticking to me like a leech. No matter where I am out of doors, he finds me. Even when I am in the roadrunner cage he expects me to take care of his wants. If I am not near the outside netting he goes up on top of the roof to get at me there. If I happen to be busy with Rhody outside, Brownie comes just the same. With R and B about 3 feet apart, a worm dropped about midway between them is secured by Brownie, so emboldened has he become that the youngsters are making heavy demands upon him. If I pay no attention to him, he either jumps up on me or falls to digging where he can keep an eye on me to detect any signs of a more generous attitude toward him. On these occasions the slightest encouragement brings him at once. When he gets his "handout" he carefully prepares the worms on the ground nearby and with happy "bluebird" chirp, runs and flies to his nest only to be back again shortly. Rhody not now wandering far. On account of A and T. Rhody is not going far on his courting expeditions now and is calling little. The presence of the young roadrunners in the cage, I think there is little doubt now, is operating to keep him more in the immediate vicinity. He was there before 8 A.M. and could be found there or thereabouts almost any time during the day. At 3 P.M. he was given a large salamander while on top of the cage. (These creatures are the most tenacious of life of any that he handles). After subduing it sufficiently to warrant his carrying it about, he immediately commenced his wig-wagging, bowing to right, left and rear with soft vocal accompaniment. It was again offered to the youngsters. He carried it about 2 hours, then laid it down to eat meat. It was then (another "First") abandoned, for the day at least. Wig-wagging. Offers it to young; abandons it. A very curious feature of this behavior of his is that he seems to need no audience, as he will go through the whole perform- ance many times without any living creature of the bird-world in sight. Curious feature of performance 2½ months--no result. I feel sorry for him: two and a half months of unrequited affections, and, as yet, no prospects in sight. March 28th. New Rhody behavior. Rhody exhibited several new phases in his character today and has me about as much confused as his own mind appears to be. He was already at the cage at 7:15 A.M. His abandonment of the salamander last night proved to be for good and all. Uses twig as lure. At 9:20 A.M. he came to the cage carrying a forked twig which he he seemed to use as allure. When he left for his nest, he dropped this twig and picked up material (Old man) suitable for lining and took it to the nest. That was logical enough. He came back in a few minutes, while I was inside the cage giving mice to A and T. As Archie did not want his and Rhody was much interested, I gave it to him through the netting. (The omnipresent Brownie was there too). Rhody began his usual performance of tail wagging, [illegible], then went off with the mouse, but was not heard to call. (He did not coo all day). He was back again shortly and very attentive to Terry, who was also interested. (It proved to be Terry's day). He carried this mouse until 2:30 P.M., at which time he ate it, "under the noses" of A and T, having evidently given up all hope of bestowing it upon a mate. There were periods of a half hour or more when he sat quietly behind the cage holding the mouse in his bill and looking off to the north; then would follow a similar R and mouse. Courts T T interested. R hopeless?