of the high voices of children playing 200 yards to the north and 250 yards to the south. It seems that all road-runners at this place are alike in their fear of children's voices, even at a distance. One naturally wonders what inspired Rhody so suddenly to make his noteworthy gormandizing effort after months of moderation. Will he stay in his roost late tomorrow because of this huge feed; or will he, fortified by all this potential energy stored under his belt, cruise on a wider radius in response to awakening mating instinct? January 18th. At 9:10 A.M. Rhody was sitting in his house in the roost tree, but sailed down to me promptly, feathers of his wings bent upward in smooth arcs. He wanted worms immediately and caught them at all kinds of difficult angles, searching out my wild pitches where they landed amongst the dry leaves promptly with an expression of in- tense interest. As a partial answer to yesterday's last paragraph perhaps, it can be said that his early morning appetite was not adversely affected by yesterday's indulgence. When I moved off he tore away in one of his curving dashes through the bushes; this time it appeared to be for the benefit of some towhees who sat in the upper branches. (Cloudy. rain threat- ening; 43 in court). R5 had already eaten his first mouse at 9 A.M.. He and Rhody reversed eating roles yesterday. At 12:30 P.M. I drove by Rhody's roost tree and saw that he was comfortably stowed away in his house. It had been raining heavily. I spoke to him, but drove on quickly as I had no food for him. At 12:45 approached his roost with a mouse. He was already down at his post, cried and "muttered". (Rattled his bill softly without vocal accompaniment). He came promptly down the bank for his mouse. He was dry. Therefore, while it was raining he had probably not wandered far from his roost and had returned with little delay to the shelter of his house. At 2:05 R5 decided that he would eat a second mouse today. At 2:15 Rhody, at his post, would not come to the clearing, but when I approached on the sidewalk, did not hesitate to come down the steep bank, greeting me with a cry, and take a big piece of hamburger. It had rained hard once more since 12:45, but he was dry. The sky was now clear, with a chilly north wind. About 4:30 R5, for the first time, came out into the outer cage while I was there (inside) showing little constraint and stay- ing there behaving much as if I were not present. Rhody was in his roost at that time. There was nothing during the day to indicate that Rhody's unusually large consumption of food had any special significance. January 19th. At 8:30 A.M. (39 in court, 46 in clearing) Rhody was already at his post and would not come to the clearing for worms.