worms, then followed me home, stopping short of the mousery. During the whole day he wanted no mice at all, although the day before he ate three. I have an idea that he has changed his night-roost, but doubt if it is in the sycamore. It has always been in evergreen trees. September 14th. 11:20 A.M. This morning, Rhody not having been seen, I decided, about 9 o'clock, to see if I could find out where he has been spending his forenoons. I suspected that he might be found off to the northeast on the west side of Dimond Canyon where, since the weather is now cool, he would get the benefit of the morning sun and be away from the ocean breeze. And there is where I found him about 9 A.M. Two Hours with Rhody in the "Wild". A street (Estates Drive) runs along the ridge forming the western side of the canyon. It has a steep bank on the east. As I approached this bank from the west and could just see down its slope, there was a sudden flurry of feathers below me about 30 feet away: blue, white and tawny and a road-runner started to bolt, but when it saw who it was, stopped. Rhody, of course. When I spoke to him he came tamely enough to catch the worms tossed to him, then composed himself to admire the view spread out before him to the east. I came back here to get more worms and meat. On returning to the same spot--no Rhody. After a ten minutes' search elsewhere, he was finally spotted a hundred yards away in the open, only a few yards from where he was first seen, still looking at the view. I sat down 30 feet from him to await develop- ments. He gradually sauntered toward me. I saw a lizard near me which he had not seen and pointed to it suggesting that he get it. It was a little off to the left of his line of approach. While I suppose my pointing had nothing to do with it, he never- theless, altered his course and stopped at the point where the lizard had gone down a hole in the ground. (It is, of course, possible that my gesture in that direction suggested to him that I had tossed a worm there and he was guided by his experience on such occasions). While he sat there the lizard came up two feet in front of him and was seen by him for, I believe, the first time. In any case he reacted at once, advanced intensely inter- ested and watched the hole into which the lizard had again disap- peared, crouching ready for instant action. However, his interest died out quickly, to my surprise--perhaps because of my presence offering greater probability of food. His attention was shifted to me and I gave him a piece of meat. He then settled on the ground near me and continued his watch of events below and to the east: automobiles, men working on the roads, birds flying, aeroplanes, and a cat loo yards off to the south. He was comfortable and contented. Life was easy and there was no apparent objective in view. When I left he showed no disposit- ion to follow; although when I looked back, he was no longer lying down in the open, but had moved to the shelter of a bush and was standing on a stone still looking off to the east. (End of 2 hour period). 5c p 1256 A for view of this field. time Some during the afternoon (before 4:30) he came and ate his meat and could not be found thereafter. A visit to the roost tree failed to locate him there at about 6 P.M.