1308 B occupies R's territory. No Rhody. B sub-sings. Nova with B. Odd coincidence. R found, not "on location". An exceptional day's behavior of Rhody's Another search at 12:15 with the same result and curiously enough Brownie again came from the west lot to the fence instead of Rhody. At 1:10 still no Rhody anywhere to be seen. Brownie had moved to the glade to continue song; this time a long under-song. Both times Brownie came to the west fence, Nova, after a few minutes, was seen coming from somewhere east. It is a strange coincidence that, when Rhody decides to get up earlier and absent himself, Brownie should decide to move to Rhody's preserve and usurp his privileges at the fence. (Perhaps R was still in his roost when B began his serenade and considered that the neighborhood was becoming to populous). Finally Rhody was out in the open near the Fish house at 2:10 P.M. He would not come to call from any distance, beginning at 75 yards and ending at arm's length. He was perfectly motion- less during my approach and appeared semi-frozen. I sat down within arm's length of him and showed him the meat. He would not move even one of his feet, open his mouth, raise & crest or "cry". (There was a sparrow-hawk on a chimney of the house out of R's sight). He appeared intent upon something to the east. I held the meat 2 inches from the tip of his bill, he accepted it at once and gulped it down without preliminaries and without lowering his head or moving his feet. He did not wipe his bill until 15 or 20 minutes later--another departure from form. I waited a few minutes and offered him another piece of meat. Not wanted. I pressed it against the tip of his bill so that he drew his head back slightly, but otherwise did not move. This was a familiarity that I did not think he would permit. He did not want the meat. It was 25 minutes before he moved his body at all and then only because he shifted one foot about an inch. I continued to sit beside him watching. His interest continued to be in something to the east. (He was west of the Fish house, about 15 feet from their hedge). I thought it possible that he might be considering going to roost in their garden. In the next 15 minutes or so he shifted 3 inches to my left. Apparently to look in a direction which I had been obstructing. It was sunny and warm in the little hollow where we were and he was not sunning his back. All he was doing was looking and listening and occasionally reacting to some sudden or new sound by starting slightly. Bees, grasshoppers and flies did not inter- est him, except when one or other of them came too close to his head when he would duck to avoid it. I watched the animal at that place until 4:15. During that period he had never been farther than 5 feet from his original location. As the shadows grew longer he began to sun his back. Once he suddenly flattened on the ground and lay still. Cause: A young schoolgirl crossing the lot behind me 50 feet at the near- est. I had decided to stick there as long as he did because I thought this might be one of those rather rare occasions when he intended to roost away from his regular place. At 4:15 he began to show some signs of going somewhere, prob-