1344. At 9:10 A.M., Rhody not to be found. R5 had already eaten his first mouse of the day. Raining. (Temp. in court 42). While standing near Rhody's roost tree, Brownie could be heard singing loudly over at Robinson's. The distance by scaling map of the tract was found to be somewhat over one quarter of a mile. Rhody's absence may be an indication of increasing mating urge. At 11:15 another search for Rhody produced no results as regards him, but, as I turned from the ladder tree, a thrasher called loudly and imperatively from it. I spoke to it and Brownie (of course) came sailing down and jumped to my hand for worms. He was, as will be noted, a quarter of a mile from where he had been singing when first (and last) heard. I returned to the Clearing and he to the tree whence he came, and began waking the echoes with his song. I waited, and soon Nova (?) appeared from nowhere and ran to the tree. The song ceased, there was the greeting sound between sexes (h-a-i-r, without the r), Nova appeared upon a branch and preened for the ten minutes that I remained. At the end of that time B was starting an undersong and conversation. The sun was out and the roofs were steaming. I went to the cage to watch R5 sunning his back and to talk to him. I tried all the road-runner vocabulary on him that I knew without producing any perceptible reaction that might be construed as recognition of my efforts as, in any way, of importance to road-runners. He looked down upon me from his superior elevation with tolerance, but continued to sun his back as if nothing else was of consequence. 12:30 (Temp. in court 50, in Clearing 54). No Rhody in Clearing but Brownie found me there almost at once. (Clouding up). At 1:45 I approached the Clearing looking for Rhody. He must have seen me first, for my first sight of him was of him almost at my feet and coming toward me eagerly, already on my side of the fence. I had no mice with me, so turned back toward the shop. Rhody needed no urging and ran after me, but keeping in the bushes about even with me, instead of following in the open road, and behind. There was no doubt of his being hungry! About half way to our destination he stopped for a moment and rattled his bill, as if in protest at my making him go so far uphill, when, presumably, I could just as easily produce a mouse there as any other place and save him all the effort! However, I kept on and he followed. R was not aware that I had shifted the mice from the shop yard to the tool-house, which has a large door adjoining the gate to the yard. So when I went through the door, he kept on a few feet farther to the gate, but doon discovered his error and came back to the door, where I gave him his mouse. He was hungry, so I offered him another one, and this followed so closely after the first that it must have helped push the other one down further. I left, returning about 2 minutes later. R was at the cage looking at R5, who was in the outer cage on the ground, interested in Rhody, but retreating to the inner cage when he saw me, although still staying on the ground. The birds were watching each other but were not excited. Rhody soon darted off to the glade at high speed, but did nothing when he got there. I tried to make him sing, but the most he would do was to give 5 or 6 tremendous rattle-boys in quick succession, and after a few more efforts on my part, to repeat. He then drifted away, and at about 2:30 p.m., I found him already in the ladder tree. At