1292 November 19th. (Sunrise 6:54 A.M., sunset 4:56 P.M.). At 8 A.M. Rhody was sitting close to his house in the roost tree, having shifted slightly from his regular roost. (Temp.60). At 9:10 A.M. the tree was again invaded by a large flock of bush-tits. This caused R to move about, occupying successively the porch and the roof. He seems to have no fear of the house. At 9:11 he sailed down. Whether a coincidence or not, this is the second time he has been observed to come down a few moments after the arrival of bush tits. The other time was on the 15th. These two times are the only occasions on which these birds have been seen to enter his tree in a flock before he was up. Rhody was again cocky and lively, and, while friendly and tame enough, did not want worms at all, dodging those tossed to him and refusing to pick them up. In a few minutes or two, after warming his back, during which operation it was noted that his new tail feathers are 3 or 4 inches long, he went down to the street, evacuated, craned his neck to observe the results, then crossed the street to sun his back at the curb. Here, again, he refused worms, and I left him to investigate the thrasher scrapping several- hundred yards off to the south east. This proved to be Brownie, who made a long sailing flight to meet me near the entrance, in the street, and eat worms from hand. He was very excited about something, scrapping and calling quilk. He came from the Reynolds-Robinson territory. I would not be surprised if he had a nest there, although if he should have, presumably he has no offspring as yet, since he carries away no worms. On the other hand, and this is more probable, the supply of natural food may be more abundant where he goes. Rhody was given a mouse at 1:30 P.M. when he came to the fence. (Yesterday he had one at noon). On neither occasion did his retirement seem to be advanced in time because of his being fed. November Time of his going to roost today was not observed, but it was later than 2 P.M. November 20th. (Sunrise 6:55 A.M., sunset 4:55 P.M.) At 9:15 A.M. (Temp. 60) Rhody was in his roost. (Sunny, calm) At 10:30 he was still in his roost. As I thought it probable that he would be getting up soon, I went up the bank and sat beneath his tree intending to wait there until he decided to renew his daily inactivities at ground level. He may have had a similar idea in regard to me, for he proved to be in no hurry. He sat comfortably on his perch clasping two small, horizontal parallel branches in each foot. These branches were separated an inch or two, thus increasing his stability and, at the same time, giving him some semblance of a platform upon which to rest his tail. His tail was well supported by twigs. My presence appeared not to influence his behavior at all, other than that a few times he turned his head on one side and looked at me with one eye. He was about two feet from his house and had shifted a few inches from his 9:15 position in order, apparently, to get a little larger proportion of sun through the foliage.