1553 15 minutes later he was seen in the open 50 feet away, but again came for worms. At 10:30 he squeezed through the fence from outside to get worms from me. At 10:45 he was singing near the glade, approximating full song at times, in volume. He then changed to quarter song. At 11:30 he was not to be seen, but soon he came to the fence looking for an opening, finding Brownie's old passageway under it and coming through there to get worms five feet from me, then going back through the same opening. Neo's iris color. I have not seen his eyes in full, direct sunlight, but they appear to be of the color of young birds (or Greenie's). Rhody attempts to convey message to me? During this time Rhody, possibly because the wind was now very strong from the north, was not to be seen. However, I found him at the sage patch about 11:15. Instead of greeting me with a whine he rattle-booed. When I went to the tool-house he would not follow in the open road, but sought a course several times as long under cover. He would not come out from the cover and cross the road to the toolhouse, but rattle-booed at me, which I took to mean that he wanted to come, but that he wanted me to know that, for some reason or other, he was reluctant to do so. (Wind, hawks?). I "compromised" by taking the mouse to him. R's bedtime. (late) 4:20. P.M. Rhody wanted no more food from me of any kind during the rest of the day and went to his new roost in the eucalypt- us at 4:08. (Bright, windy, 61°). This time, it will be noted, is a little later than usual, but there was nothing about the day, as far as I could see, to account for it; unless the swaying of the tree caused him to be reluctant to make the attempt. To make his last leap from this present "ladder tree" to his final roost, he walks out on a long, slender, nearly horizon- tal branch that points toward the roost. From there he takes off. The road-runner's feet (two toes pointing forward and two backward) do not give him a very wide base and, whether it is due to this cause or not, it has been noted frequently that these birds are not good at "walking a plank." In the present instance, while on the projecting branch, Rhody barely saved himself from falling twice when a gust of wind struck the branch (and him). Wind upsets Rhody's equilibrium. Neo responds to call. Again. Comes closer. Responds at sunset. I tried him again when the sun had just set and he was not in sight. It took longer this time--about 2 minutes--but he came through the wire. I had anticipated failure even to locate him at this late hour. He was a little more timid, perhaps because he saw Julio watching 50 feet away, but he got his worms. Nov. 30th. (Sunrise 7:05, sunset 4:51). R up "early". At 8:30 Rhody was already out of his roost and sitting on the bank in the sun near the roost tree. At the same time Neo was seen running from the sage patch to take refuge on the other side of the fence in the chaparral. How- ever, in a minute or two he was coming to me for worms.