4:40 P.M. I spoke too soon about R5's not eating dead mice, because, some time before noon, he ate a freshly killed house mouse that had been placed by the can this morning. At noon another live mouse was put in the can. He must have eaten this too, since it was gone before 3 P.M. and had left no tracks on the sand. R5 is making up for time lost, or else does not share Rhody's delicate appetite at this season. Rhody was on the porch of his house in the roost tree at 11:15 A.M. (warm and sunny) but sailed down to me when I talked to him. He wanted but a few worms and then tore off in one of his circuses. I looked him up again at 3 P.M. As he was coming over the fence 5 boys and 3 dogs invaded the west lot. R shot by me like a meteor headed for sanctuary somewhere in the garden, but I could not find him after a search of more than one hour. I looked for him again at 4:30, finding him in his regular roost. Though aware of what was going on, he would not come down for a mouse. Food received from me today was negligible in quantity. His roosting time was not noted. December 22nd. R5 ate two freshly killed house mice this morning. A live white mouse placed in the can was not taken today. Rhody, unusually sailed gracefully over the fence at 1:45 P.M. for his mouse. This time he would not leave his post until, as an evidence of good faith, I held the mouse up so that he could see it. When he reached me he gave one loud rattleboo. Now I wonder why. His lot was later again raided by a crowd of dogs and boys and, at 3:40, he was not to be seen. (A chilly, foggy day). December 23rd. (Sunrise 7:22, sunset 4:55). Another foggy morning. R5 less fearful? About 9:15 A.M. R5 allowed me to approach to about 40 feet of him while he was down on the ground before retreating. Even then he took his time about going up into his hide-away, and when I entered the cage, he remained low down, in plain sight where I could have reached him easily; but immovable. He had already eaten a live mouse He is out of his roost both earlier and later than Rhody is at this season, and eats more. Between 1:25 and 1:40 he ate another live mouse. In the several dozen times I have been in the cage with him positively the only movement I have ever seen him make, besides breathing, is to roll his eyes down at me, and that only once! Rhody was in tree 9 about noon. At 1:30 he was on the ground in the Clearing at the exact spot where I have been giving him food lately, as if waiting for me. (And perhaps he was). He lowered his head and gave his pathetic little cry when I arrived. I first gave him meat and then a mouse. A few minutes later he was back at his post (At this time)