chance happened to be the key. That foot free, he cleared the other in short order. Next he raised each foot in turn from the ground and examined it carefully, probing with his bill as if to see if any damage had been done. He then looked in a casual sort of way at the cause of the trouble. Here was a situation that would have thrown some birds into a state of wild, unreasonable fear with uncoordinated peckings and flutterings. It really was (or might have been) a serious matter. I do not mean to infer that Rhody reasoned about it or analyzed the convolutions of the tangle, but he certainly went at it in a matter of fact, workmanlike manner, coming out of the ordeal in full possession of his faculties, ready to catch on the fly the first worm tossed to him. March 17th. Sunning. At 7:30 A.M. (in the morning chill) Archie, Terry and Rhody, who was also present, were all sunning, open style. Temp. under oak 55; not taken at cage. With all three birds, except when in motion, this pose was held continuously for an indefinite time. Under these conditions of light (no reading taken) and temperature this may almost be considered the normal posture, when at rest. Besides the two poses to which special attention has been given the birds also lie in the sun without making any special disposition of wings and coverts, although, when lying down there is a natural tendency for the plumage to open up somewhat along the back. When in this position, the bird may face in any direction with reference to the sun. Rhody did very little calling during the day and seemed to spend most of his time in the garden and the orchard, together with perhaps two or three hours in the aggregate at the cage. On some of his visits to the cage he did not seek food at all, his interest being concentrated upon the young birds. There is little doubt, now, that his interest in them, now, is of special character, based upon their being roadrunners and not merely birds. From day to day his visits have been increasing in frequency and length. There is an element of pathos in the picture of him standing silently outside the cage looking at his progeny longingly, missing none of their actions and springing into activity when one of them approaches. He was not seen working on his nest during the day. A and T show first inclination to build a nest. At 1 P.M. Archie was in the hanging roost making continuously, with lowered head. It was so long sustained that I went in to observe more closely. I first offered him food, but that did no good. I then offered him a twig which he took. (They usually will) Terry, who was perched in the upper extension, became intensely interested and came down, taking Archie's place in the "nest", as Archie left on seeing him approach. This, in itself, was behavior out of the ordinary, so I handed Terry a twig. This he took at once, and instead of shaking it about and then dropping it as both birds usually do, he placed it carefully in the sleeping place, pressing it down firmly with his bill. He did that deliberately and with apparent design with each of a half dozen twigs that I offered him and, between offerings, cried for the next one. I went out and got more twigs and placed them on the ground. Terry came down, got one of them, and took it up into the upper annex where he dropped it. Archie took one of them up into the sand box. No further activities along these lines were observed at this time, but later in the afternoon Archie was seen in the nest moving the twigs about that were already there.