1194 Rhody has had his first mouse of the day, following me to the shop for it and carrying out his ritual in full detail. He had a second mouse about 3:30. When invited to the shop about 5:50P.M. he followed me readily and waited for me to produce the mouse. when it was placed before him he made as if to take it, changed his mind and backed away from it inreal or simulated fear when it approached him. He then waited for me to do something else interesting. All I could think of was another mouse, since I had given him worms a few minutes be- fore. Accordingly I put another one before him. He followed fir one and then the other without attempting to catch either, F1- nally one bolted at full speed, and this stirred Rhody to action. He dashed after it, but really did not try to catch it and allowed it to escape. He then went back to watch the magpies. This behavior is somewhat puzzling. It is at least clear that he did not want mice. Also he had had all the worms he wanted. Consequently he was not hungry. But why did he follow me to the shop if he wanted nothing from me? I do not know, especially as this is the first incident of the sort. Possibly for amusement, or on account of curiosity, or maybe following me when I call him is becoming a matter of habit. B feeds only one chick. Brownie has been having a very easy time of it since the young birds left the nest because he is feeding only one chick. Nova, I suppose, is taking care of the other two, though I am not sure that I have seen them all. Today, the one B feeds, stayed in precisely the same roost from 9 A.M. until 3 P.M. "resting" quietly. It may have been long- er, as I did not get his arrival and departure. May 26th. About 10 A.M. I was driving along the road that skirts Lake Chabot when I saw a roadrunner in the road about 25 yards ahead. It was not frightened apparently, but walked slowly toward the heavy growth by the side of the roadpermitting me to stop the car within about 15 feet of it without quickening its leisurely pace. It looked smaller than Rhody. The speedometer read 10.9 miles (by road) from here. The bird went through the barbed wire fence and stopped under the branches of an elderberry only 2 feet from the wire. I got out, spoke to it as I do to Rhody and it allowed me to approach within about 12 feet without appearing to look at me at all. (A typical trick of Rhody, Archie and Terry). It then moved into the dense underbrush slowly and with no sign of fear whatever. No more than Rhody does when he just wants to go somewhere else. Rhody is afraid of an automobile in motion at these distances, but this bird was not. Rhody will run away in a panic when he sees strangers nearby. (Sometimes when they are 100 yards away). This bird did not run away from a stranger. (As I assume I was, though naturally the thought occurred that it might be Archie or Terry--and maybe it was). Here is apparently a case of a wild bird's not being afraid of the things that a tame bird (Rhody) fears! I wonder! I movedon, as I was not prepared to follow through the dense chaparral, and saw the bird no more, though I called and got my supply of worms ready.