1557 He spent most of his pre-bedtime hours in a comfortable berth in the baccharis and broom clump on top of the bank of the entrance driveway. This place is much favored by him at present. Julio gave him a mouse there about 2 P.M. At 3:24 he was already in his night roost in the gum tree. There was nothing to indicate his reason for thus advancing his time of retirement over his recent practice. (Clear, calm, 62°). Neo was not seen during the day. Nov. 4th. (Sunrise 7:09, sunset 4:50). At some indefinite time, considerably before sunrise, a thrasher was singing almost continuous full song near the west end of the house, ceasing abruptly at 7:35. This song contained no phrases, either musical or "verbal" that clearly enough marked to enable one carry them in the mind for even a few seconds. At the same time other thrashers were singing in the distance to the east and south. At 8:30 A.M. Rhody was still in his roost.(Sunny, calm, 55°). " 9:40 still there. Wind from N.E. rising. " 9:55 he had descended to the shelter of the bank near the tree. The wind was now fairly strong from the N.E., but at ground level, due to irregularities of topography, gusts came from almost any direction. At this time Neo had not been seen. At 2:30 Rhody, who had been sitting in a bush on the bank above the orchard most of the time since his first mouse (at 11:30) saw me in the garden, came down without invitation and wandered casually toward the tool-house. This meant another mouse. He then went back to the same bank, where he stayed until time to start for his roost. At 3:45, while three of us were watching Rhody hesitating about making his last jump to his roost, a hawk suddenly dived down at him from the sky, stopping in mid-air about 10 feet from where Rhody had just been, but Rhody had dropped like a plummet to the ground and escaped. He did not go far, and then not fast: only about 20 feet to a climbing rose, with a dense canopy, on the fence. He crawled up into this and stayed there until 4:20, when he resumed his ascent of the ladder gum tree, but altering his route in such a way as to be well concealed from above, making long stops in con- cealment., until he arrived at the take-off point. From his behav- ior just preceding I had anticipated that he would pause there for an instant only, he inconsistently posed there for several minutes, as conspicuous as a light-house. At 4:34 he was settled for the night. The episode had delayed him about 49 minutes, but had not cased him to change roosts (possibly going back to his house in the oak) as I half thought it would. (Clear, calm, 60°). The hawk flew to the old oak, but would not stay until I got a gun. This was not nearly so narrow an escape as was the first one witnessed, when he appeared to avoid capture only by inches. Whether or not it is a conscious act of the roadrunner, with the hawk-hazard definitely in mind, the changing of roosts would seems to be a safety precaution in fact.