1936 January 1st. Brownie is getting more vocal and Nova is now seen with him often. January 2nd. Heavy rain during the day. The young road-runners no longer regarded it as a novelty and kept out of it. They are learning. They still are afraid of children, even when the children are quiet, but near the cage. Thus, today, they became panic stricken at the sight of Dr. Reynolds' little boy, T scraping the top of his bill again. January 3rd. Brownie and Nova much interested in each other and B singing often during the day full song. Nova frequently added her voice and was much less shy than usual. She even remained in full sight in the presence of Mr. Cain and 5 or 6 boy scouts. B was un- usually bold in the presence of such numbers, coming without hes- itation to me for worms while I was standing with the group. The young road-runners were frozen at the mere sight of the visitors 20 yards from the cage, T in his sleeping place and A in the small house. I took hold of Archie's bill; he was as stiff as if carved out of a solid block of wood. As a test to see if he would remain frozen if the object of his fear approached close e enough to seize him (having the alleged charming of birds by snakes in mind) I had the visitors approach en masse. (One of them wore a maroon sweater). Archie tolerated them, or at least did not bolt when they stood about 6 feet away, but when one of them moved a little nearer it was too much for him and he flew out of the house, thus showing that he was by no means in a helpless state of trance, but was, on the contrary, well aware of events. Terry remained quietly in his bunk, but he could not see the boys from there (nor they him). Later in the morning another boy scout (W.M.) came to see if he could get a snap shot of Rhody. After looking all over the place for the creature he was found placidly sitting in an acacia near the cage: right where the search began. We had decided that he was off in the fields somewhere and would not have found him had he not moved in the branches, thus enabling us to locate him by sound—a rare bit of carelessness on his part—or perhaps he was not afraid, since, on being shown a live mouse he condescended to come down and allow himself to be "mugged" by a stranger. January 4th. to 6th., incl. (Notes written 6th.). B and Nova. During this period Brownie and Nova were frequently in the same vicinity, usually "talking" to each other, B continuing the con- versation even when coming to me for worms. On the 4th. I had an opportunity of observing simultaneously the reactions of Archie, Terry and Rhody to the passage of a hawk overhead, perhaps 50 feet up. A and T froze for perhaps a half t minute, then thawed at once. Rhody, without any particular haste, moved into a clump of chrysanthemum and remained quiet except for moving his head about slowly. He seemed to have no particular