1576 once, running and flying to the glade. It was all over with the mouse when I got there and Rhody was now calm and phlegmatic after about the most enthusiastic reception he has given me. Most of the afternoon until his bedtime was spent in an acacia on the bank near his roost. At 4:19 exactly he settled for the night in his eucalyptus tree roost. Clear, calm, 50°. Dec. 28th. (Sunrise 7:24, sunset 4:58). At 8:30 A.M. Rhody was still in his roost. (Cloudy, calm, 44°). Neo was nearby and was given worms. 9:45. Rhody still there. (North wind rising). 10:45. " " " (Wind subsiding; watery sunshine). 12:10. " " " (Calm.) 1:03 " " " 1:45. Rhody had transferred to the ladder-eucalyptus at this time and was not at all enthusiastic about following me to the tool-house; but he did and got his mouse. Julio had placed a large, dead rat, which he caught last night, on the ground by the door. Rhody patently avoided it; but in running off with the mouse, had forgotten about it, almost ran over it, but shied off like a horse on seeing it. He started his climb to his roost in the eucalyptus at 3:52 P.M. At 4:36 he was about to make his last leap to the roost, when he paused and craned his neck to look intently at something low in the west. I could see nothing (perhaps on account of the trees) but heard in the distance the peculiar kek-kek-kek'-kek-kek-kek-kek' of a Cooper hawk. Rhody now retreated into better concealment in the tree and waited there ten minutes before renewing his climb. He studied his surroundings carefully and at 4:50 was in his roost. Here is the first example of his showing fear of a hawk in the distance. (Partly cloudy, light breeze from N.E., 49°). Dec. 29th. (Sunrise 7:24, sunset 4:59). I had thought it probable that Rhody's choice of roost for the night would prove unfortunate; but again he was justified by the weather conditions that followed. At 9:30 A.M. he was already down and came to look at Neo and me. He wanted no food at this time, but at 10:20 was ready for his mouse. (51°, sunny, N.E. wind). I am anticipating that he will soon shows signs of awakening mating instincts for the coming season. It was on January 3rd, this year, that I first heard his coo-song of the cycle and, on the same day, the first clapping of his wings over his back. It was recorded at the time, also, that he was beginning to wander from his loafing place which, at that time, was the west lot. Recently he has occasionally tugged at the cords controlling the awnings of the cage. This morning he pulled a twig out of the bank and "killed" it. Since the fading of his last mating cycle he has been indifferent toward the mirror, as far as any pronounced activity is concerned, but he has never lost his awareness of it and at times seems to go to it for the deliberate purpose of observing any "activities" on its part. He will look at himself placidly and perhaps touch the glass with his bill a few times; but there has been no excitement, and no presentation of objects (mice, twigs) before it. I am expecting renewed interest in the mirror to accompany other signs of his sexual awakening.