west lot, where he was indifferent to my calls from the fence at the clearing. Later he again came up for meat and hung about his usual loafing places until time to go to roost. He wanted no mice at all. About 4:30 P.M. I looked him up and found him again sitting at the new house in the eucalyptus. Although it was sunny I nearly overlooked him, and it is possible that he was there last night, but missed in the darkness. He is hard to see! 8:30 P.M., partly cloudy, calm, temp. 56°. Well, he is still there. Now I would like to know what he means by this recent indecision in regard to roosting sites. Also what is the matter with this new house? Nov. 16th. A small amount of rain during the night. A.M. At 8:50 Julio reported Rhody not to be seen in the eucalyptus, so I went and had a good look, verifying the observation, but finding that Rhody had succumbed to the temptation of the new house and was stowed away in it comfortably at last! At 9:20 he was not there, but a slight sound at my feet called me to look down and he was "circulating" around them. This meant mouse, so we proceeded to the tool-house where he was rewarded with a big one. (Cloudy, raining slightly, 56°). This seems to have been all he wanted from me during the day. At 3:30, beginning to rain again, I found him apparently finished for the day and settled for the night in his old house after all. What is to be expected next? Nov. 17th. Fine last night and today. He came for his meat before 9:30 A.M., and for his mouse about noon. After loafing in the sun on the bank which bounds the orchard on the north he adjourned about 2:30 P.M. to the group of peppermint gums where his new house is. There he sat for a long time and, at 4:15 P.M. when I looked him up again, he had retired for the night on the same support of his new house that he first occupied. What is that is influencing his choice of roosts at present? This morning when I looked down from the top of the bank above mentioned to see if Rhody was there, a thrasher was sitting there less than ten feet from me, on the ground, perfectly motionless. For about 5 minutes we stared at each other. During that time he was seen to wink once, and that was the only perceptible movement he made. I went and got some worms. He still had not moved. I tossed him several, but my shots were bad because of interfering foliage. He must have seen them, but he made no move for about 5 minutes more, then wandered off casually. I could see no band on him. I trailed him from one place to another for 30 minutes longer, but he would always, without appearing alarmed at all, shift to the other side of the bushes and begin digging when I got nearer than about 10 feet. In this way we went around the sage patch near the glade several times. I was the first to give up as it was impossible to get a good look at him in the open. I could not identify him. 9 P.M. Rhody still in same roost. (Crystal clear, full moon, deaf calm, 51° plus). He doesn't mind turning the flash-light on him at about 15 feet distance. He doesn't move.