1530 About 2:15 P.M. he made his presence known to me by stepping out of the shrubbery in the garden just as I came out of the house. This meant, of course, another mouse. About 3 he gradually began working his way toward his roosting place. (Temp.85°). Weather--and its influence on R's roosting time. Referring only to the present season, there is no evidence that daily temperature conditions have affected Rhody's time of going to roost. With the exception of two days on which rain fell, October has been a month warmer, if anything, than September: normally the warmest month of the year. It is as if the warm spell had been somewhat late in arriving. For nearly three weeks, maximum temperatures have been running in the high seventies and middle eighties, with cloudless skies. These are not conditions that would lead one to expect birds to seek early shelter, yet R continues to retire early, although, I have not timed him accurately for about 3 weeks. Oct.21st. No thrasher song at all up to now (1:30 P.M.)(Temp. 85°). At 8:30 I went down to check up on Rhody's occupancy of the west lot (Temp.70°) finding him there catching butterflies at his post. He has evidently, or rather apparently, now resumed his late season habit of loafing here. This, also, appears to be uninfluenced by temperature, for under prevailing conditions, he wants shade, and his post is a sunny one. On invitation he came to the fence and cried for his mouse. He preferred to stand there and cry rather than to jump over; but when I proved obdurate, he came. He did not come to the cage for meat, so at 1 P.M. I again went to a point 50 feet from the fence and called. In a minute or two he came out of the thicket, flew over the fence, up to the top of the retaining wall and trotted along behind me obediently all the way to the tool-house for his mouse. He is sticking to the west lot.when not here. About 2:15 he wandered off to the west again. Shortly after I had to go down town, so stopped at his tree. As luck would have it, in a few seconds a tawny streak passed through the air from the ladder tree and at exactly 2:40 Rhody arranged himself in sleeping posture in his house. (Sunset 5:25; temp. 84°). Cloudless sky, but the house shaded by foliage. R's roosting time. Rhody is doing little preening now, but while he has all of his rectrices, the pattern of spots is not yet symmetrical, showing that all have not grown out to full length. Consequently his moult, I suppose, cannot be considered as entirely completed. R's moult. October 22nd. 3:40 P.M. No thrasher song heard up to now, but thrashers seen at the oval lawn occasionally. At 8:30 A.M. Rhody was at his post on the west lot and came to the fence, through which I handed him worms. At 1 P.M. I called at the fence and he came over for a mouse, waiting in the clearing, watching accipiters overhead. At 1:30 he was ready for a second mouse. His roosting time was not taken. A cooler day: Temp. at 3:30 P.M. 62°.