now (11:30) A.M. is singing outside and others can be heard in the distance. A few minutes ago he was sitting on my finger eating worms and it was noticed that his feet were very hot. This has been observed before, and it has been suspected that such high temper- atures might be indicative of reproductive excitement, but I doubt if such is really the case. In the present instance had had just been sitting on a bare, black stub of the old oak and it was prob- ably pretty hot superficially. "The" fly is still with him. About 8:30 A.M. Rhody was out in his foraging field to the south. He was pleased to have meal-worms to add to his fare, but wouldn't come home. The police dog sniffed me up and down. I could feel his breath through my thin trousers. I hope he has stored my scent away in his "approved" files. It will be better for him if he has. About 1 P.M. Rhody gobbled all the meat in the cage. " 3:30 P.M. Julio gave him a mouse. I did not know it at the time, so when I found Rhody out on the street about 4 P.M. I was unable to account for his indifference to my offers of worms. At 4:12 he climbed the tree adjoining his roost. In about six moves, he crossed through the tree and made his final leap across to his roost at exactly 4:23½. (Sunset 5:47, fair, warm, light N.W. breeze). He is always as deliberate as this. It is a curious fact that this is the only tree that he enters from the outside, landing on the canopy and crushing down through to his roost. The adjoining tree is easier to climb and therefore furnishes the most convenient route to his night roost. October 6th. Rhody was not out in the open field at 8:30 A.M., but was found near his roost on the edge of the brush on the west lot. When I sat on the bank he came and stood beside me as long as I offered worms. He stayed there all the morning--an unusual procedure for him--and was not seen out foraging the whole day. He was still there at 1:30 P.M., but came to the fence when called, though he retreated into the brush soon to investigate the activities of the quail. Some time before 3 he ate all the meat in the cage. At 4:20 I looked for him at his roost, but as I could see nothing, climbed the bank for a closer view. He was already stowed away for the night. Evidently his feed at the cage left him with nothing more to occupy his attention for the rest of the day. (Sunset 5:46, bright, fair, warmer than yesterday; temp. at 4:30, 70 deg., max. during day 80). Temperature yesterday at the same time was not recorded, but it was about 62. Without correlating observations made thus far, it appears that satisfaction of hunger is one of the important elements bearing upon the time of roosting, It has already been demonstrated by earlier observations that the road-runner goes to roost much earlier than the general run of birds in this vicinity. It seems to be a fixed characteristic. During the day Brownie sang much abroad (with his fellows ?).