1548 When I looked for him at 4:15 he was already in his present night roost in the peppermint gum. This group of gum-trees (E. amygdalina) is on the south bank, outside the fence along the crest of the bank, but inside the property lines. It is about 90 feet south of the tool-house and the surface of the ground at that point is about 30 feet lower than the level at the tool house. Now that Rhody is using these trees as a night roost (also at times during the day) they seem to be the focal point of his "inactivities", so that, for the most part, at the present time, he is to be found both night and day within a semicircular area of about 50 yards radius having the group of gums as a center and the street on the south as the east and west diameter. This area in- cludes the cage and all of his preferred loafing places within the grounds during this present period of irregularity in his night- roosting habits. Nov. 25th. (Sunrise 7:00 A.M., sunset 4:53). The sun rose in a clear sky; thrashers heard intermittently. At 8:15 A.M. (51°) Rhody was still in his roost enjoying the sun. " 9:15 " he was sunning at the sage patch, having already eaten his meat. Shortly after he transferred to the roof of the cage, hav- ing run rapidly from his former location synchronously with the bursting out of shrill calls of children on the street mingled with the noise of their coaster on the sidewalk. A few minutes later, I, however, a hawk flushed from in front of me less than 100 feet from the cage. It passed swiftly by the group of birches at the oval lawn where an Anna humming bird was doing his power-dives, over his mate in the top of a birch, with an explosive whistle at the low point of his orbit. (Observe time of year of this display). Rhody did not come down from the roof until 11:50 A.M. and then only because he was ready for a mouse. In following me to the tool house it was seen that he took all possible advantage of cover and ran across open spaces with spread wings, even when the distance to be traversed in the open were of the order of only ten feet. After eating the mouse he wanted to go to the south-facing bank across the driveway from the tool house, forming the north boundary of the orchard; so he worked his way out into the point of shrubbery that would give him the shortest path in the open and dashed across with spread wings. This bank is sunny and protected from above by overhanging bushes at the same time. Here he compos- ed himself for a good rest. (Hawk "conscious"?) Longbill* takes Rhody's resting place. I toss her worms. At 1:15 I looked down over the top of the bank to see if he was still there, but he was not. In his place, sunning and working over his feathers in great detail, was the thrasher, Longbill*, eas- ily identifiable at this short range of ten feet. She was aware of my presence, but went on with her preening as if I were not there. (I think the pronoun is correct--if not it can be changed). I left to get a supply of worms, finding her still engaged as before on my return and only favoring me with one short glance on seeing me. On account of interfering branches I was unable to land worms where it was certain that she could see them, so I went down into the orchard and approached her from another direction, finding that she had discovered the worms and was now eating them. I toss- ed more, but branches still interfered and she finally wandered off unhurriedly. * Undoubtedly not Longbill--malobservation due to overconfidence! Nov 30