1219 finish his snooze. There I left him at 3:30. Rhody remained away, thus giving him the opportunity. I do not recall his having been so sleepy before his departure. Rhody returned about 3:45 and Archie sought refuge in the in- er cage. There was no panic during the rest of the afternoon, but Rhody was not very aggressive. At bed-time Archie went to his old shelf, whining when I went out later to see if he was all right. June 30th. At 8 A.M. Rhody was pretty persistent and Archie frightened, but R soon desisted. At 9 A.M. Rhody was again at it and Archie was fast approaching the panic stage and stiking the wire. Rhody was all about the cage: sides, roof, everywhere, paying no attention to me. He repeatedly tried to get into the cage. When he lost sight of A temporarily, he would look for him in the mirror, peek under the awnings on the roof, climb up the wire netting and dash about. Archie was bleeding, so it was decided to catch him and take him away. When I went inside he came to my shoulder confidingly--I hated the treachery of it, especially when he settled gently upon the hand that I pushed under him--but there was nothing else to do and I grasped him firmly in both hands and put him in the box prepared to receive him. He is very strong and "sudden" and get away from me. Rhody continued his efforts to get in and join the party. Archie froze and picked him off of his perch and put him safely into the box this time. He ceased struggling at once and remained quiet while I drove about 15 miles to the east side of Lake Chabot, then carried him a mile inside the fence to a place where there was water and everything that road-runners like. There the box was opened and he stepped out calmly, not at all frightened in appearance, but evidently much interested in the new sounds and sights. He showed no fear of me at all, and for several minutes did not move two feet from me. He accepted worms, but did not want the meat and mice I had brought. I stay- ed with him about a half hour. In this time he had traveled about 30 feet, not objecting to my following him. I gave him some more worms and left him. If he will stay there, in the reservation where there are other birds of his kind, where it is patrolled by at least one friendly guard (Hambrick), he will have a good home, and only his natural enemies to avoid. There is abundant food, cover of all kinds, lots of warm, bare hillsides, water and no human habitation. During my walk I saw a half dozen lizards, four snake tracks and tracks of deer. Bird song on every side and sounds of grasshoppers, crickets, etc. everywhere. Incidentally, as I left the cage, Rhody popped in, and as I left was exploring the upper portion of the inner compartment,not having, evidently, fully comprehended that his intended victim had been spirited away under his very nose. At 4:25 Rhody was gathering a sheaf of pine-needles in the inner cage. These he took directly to 5-36 without showing them at the mirror. He did not come down for an hour. He then made a thorough examination of the inner cage. July 1st. About 9 A.M., Rhody, then in the cage, followed to the shop +See p. 1219A for picture of territory.