house. He was sitting on the porch with his tail inside partially protected from the wind, only. Apparently that was all he wanted. When I left he followed to his lookout on the south bank out of the wind to warm his back and catch worms. (Temp. 52, brilliant sun, occasional strong gusts of wind). He was down from his roost at 9:20. Based on his habit of the past few weeks, this was an early rising (or coming down), and the element of food (which he presum- ably associates with me) at this time of day, was not of importance in governing his behavior. (He was satisfied with just a few worms) The bright, sunny bank had been bright and sunny for two hours or so, yet he had not sought it. No doubt he was physically uncomfortable in his roost on ac- count of the wind. His descent coincided with my departure and my leaving seems to have been the event that enabled him coordinate his various reflexes and act in such a way as to satisfy them. A new stunt by Brownie. At 10:30 I went and sat in a chair facing the oval lawn. Brownie appeared in the driveway to my left and approached cau- tiously watching the trees overhead, changed course to the far side of the lawn directly facing me, then suddenly launched into flight and landed on my hat brim. This being too flexible, he slipped down to my glasses and took off with a push back to the lawn again. He had never done anything like this before. I was sit- ting "on the back of my neck", legs crossed, with one knee nearly as high as my face, worm-box on knee. I am inclined to think that B's intention (as is customary) was to land on my knee, but overshot the mark. Perhaps, at the critical moment, my glasses flashed a beam of reflected light in his face and startled him. Whatever the cause may have been, he quickly flew back, this time landing on my foot, climbing from there to my knee. B's method of landing on my hand. I do not remember having recorded it in these notes, but there is a peculiar habit of B's when coming for worms when I am stand- ing up with hand extended. Instead of flying upward on an inclined path from a short distance away, he generally walks to a point almost directly below my hand and then flies directly upward, i.e. vertically. I do not know the reason for this, unless it is easier to make a safe landing. Rhody fed early note effect on roosting time. At 11:30 Rhody was at the western fence and I gave him a piece of meat in the form of a sausage about 3 inches long and three quarters of an inch in diameter. This he broke in two by slapping it upon the ground, swallowing half. In a few minutes he ate the rest. I wished to see if his earlier rising combined with an earlier feed would cause him to go to roost earlier. At noon and at 12:30 he was still at his post. At 1 P.M., after a long search, he was found in the open across the street from his post 30 feet from the Scammell house. Since he might have gone to the pool in their back garden for a drink, or intended to go there, or intended to occupy one of his old roosts there on account of last night's wind, I sat down to wait watch him. In a few minutes he chased something through the dry stubble, caught and ate it. (Grasshopper (?)--there are many there today. This action suggested growing appetite, so I tramped back here, got a very small mouse and a piece of meat, also small, and returned, sitting 5 or 6 feet from him. He wanted neither at first but decided to take the mouse after ten minutes, without enthusi- asm. This disposed of he lay down for a 5 minute rest in the open just out of my reach. (How small and frail he looks when so near).