1379 watching R5, who was at the inner corner trotting about and jumping up and down to and from the perch at the corner. Rhody tried to play peek-a-boo with him around the bush. R5 was coy and hrooed two or three times, deep in his throat, almost a rumbling sound, drawing his head back as if to deepen the pitch. R5 was less active than R, by far. Rhody repeatedly went to the back of the cage appearing in front again at the other end. This was repeated many times, first in one direction and then in the other. Sometimes he would vary it by passing by in front be- tween my feet and the cage. R5 would go from the corner near me to the upper annex. Their movements more or less synchronized. It seemed that when R found himself near R5, it was the signal for him to run to the other end of the cage. When R5 appeared there, R would leave for the other, or else run off to the east under the trees paralleling the fence, displaying, as if inviting R5 to fol- low. In fact the object of the action seemed to be just that. About 4 P.M. Rhody got tired of this, ate a large piece of meat and left for the orchard, passing out of the side gate on the way to the street at exactly 4. At 5P.M. I went out to see if he was in his roost. He was in position No. 1 in the ladder tree, in the sun, at 5:05. At 5:25 he raised his head and appeared to be suddenly on guard He had been composed and quiet before. At 5:25½ a male Cooper or a female Sharpshin (I do not know which) suddenly made a half circle about Rhody about 15 feet from him and only 5 or 6 feet higher, departing swiftly. R crouched momentarily and thereafter until he jumped to his roost at 5:39 was very cautious. (Sunset 5:47, "official". As seen from the liv- ing room, by my watch: 5:48). Mrs. Scamell says that there was a large dog roaming around through the bushes of the west lot on the 12th. This may have been one of the causes of R's show of fear on that day, in going to his roost. February 14th. At 9 A.M., bright and mild, R was at his post on the west lot. As I approached the fence at the Clearing a hawk (Cooper or Sharp- shin) flew out of tree 8. R saw it, reacted slightly as the hawk flew rapidly to the south. When I called to Rhody he responded with "full song", but would not come. He sang 4 or 5 times and I left. At 9:45 he was out in the very middle of the street sunning his back there! He shortly went to his post. Talking to him from a distance of 100 feet brought forth his song again. Final- ly he clapped his wings over his back and stalked off stiff-legged- ly to a point where I could not see him and again sang. I then left. 12:15. Rhody is now on top of the Fish house with a mouse giv- en him about 11:45 out in the field where he was catching living creatures of some kind. When he saw me approaching while he was still in the field, I could see him lowering his head and giving his whine, but could not hear him. He has not been heard to sing since last noted above. A few minutes ago an Accipiter flew over him about 50 feet up. A momentary crouch was R's only reaction. At 12:30 he was no longer there. Julio said he had come to the cage and offered the mouse to R5:"Tried to get it through the wire and Pepper (R5's other name) looked as if he wanted to eat it." I found Rhody in 2-36 at 12:40, without the mouse. An hour later he was sunning on the ground near the tree.