field--was flirting his wings at it and walking around it in true road-runner fashion. Mike, the laborer who works on the upkeep of the lawns and shrubbery in the parking of the tract, who was present, says that Rhody had, but a few minutes before, come from the vicinity of his night roost in the west lot; so his presence near the O'Neills' was not an indication that he had slept there. At this stage of Rhody's life cycle, there seems to be no powerful motive impelling him to remain fixed in any particular limited area, such as the vicinity of his nest or the cage. Hence his wanderings now are more or less casual, and since food is abund ant all over this neighborhood--lizards, snakes, insects, etc.-- he forages in random fashion. The certainty of food here, in un- limited quantity and of particularly attractive nature, however, seems to keep him within comparatively narrow limits of range. Added to this is the very important item of assured water supply, and probably also the potent influence of familiar environment with its known hazards and refuges and , perhaps, amusements. Rhody Mobbed Wrentits find Rhody. Scold. At precisely 9:15 A.M. Rhody went up into his present favored acacia tree for a rest. Wrentits located him at once. I stood 9 feet from him. He sat less than 6 feet above the ground. The foliage of this tree is sparse, so I could see everything plainly. Soon the wrentits increased in number to four, all scolding. They approached to within four feet of him, from the rear, as a minimum distance. A Vigor's wren now perched four feet below him, scold- ing. Notwithstanding this clamor, Rhody gave no sign whatever of being aware of their presence and remained comfortably settled upon his small limb. Anna hummer comes. Shortly an Anna Humming-bird arrived,"snipping" excitedly and darted all about him, front as well as rear, reaching to with- in two feet of his bill, in front. (In judging distances I had the wire fence of known mesh to guide me. Rhody was six inches above the top strand). This hummer was joined by three others: one Anna and two Allen's. All "snipped" and darted at him. Rhody from the arrival of the first hummer, was acutely aware of their presence, crouched still lower and kept his bill pointing at one or another of them, but never shifted his location. The Allens were persistent in approaching from the rear, only. The Annas, from any direction, even defying Providence by hovering directly in front of him at less than three feet distance. One even sat on the top strand and preened at about 2 feet 6 inches (Allowing for parallax) from the tip of R's bill. Rhody "flattened out" for this one, but did not attack. Others of the four at times perced from three to six feet from him. All disregarded me. Plain titmouse. The Plain titmouse next came, but remained, scolding, 20 feet and more away. Next a flock of bush-tits, at least 8, prob- ably a dozen, came and perched 5 to 10 feet from him. They watched and foraged at the same time. All intruders began to fade away. First the wren; then the wren-tits; then the hummers. When I left, the bush-tits were still there (at 9:35). Rhody remained without having moved his feet a fraction of an inch. (End of observation). It is interesting to note that Rhody's audience was made up entirely of the smallest birds here at the time. (Temp. 71). At 10:05 Rhody, who had taken meat from the cage in the mean- time, was resting in the shade under a rhodendron, but shortly left for a good, long drink at the glade.