was hung 2 or 3 feet from Rhody in his shady place, also shows 86°. At 3:35 Rhody decided to come down for a mouse--his first of the day--and rattleboomed once while waiting for it at the door of the tool-house. This mouse was swallowed too hastily and Rhody had to reject it quickly, but after waiting for it to die, he gulped it down. Thrashers. Brokenbill has not been seen since last noted herein. Neo is away most of the time. There is no thrasher song, but occasional scrips are heard. an a bird, thought to be Neo, occasionally is seen on the slope to the north and entering the Gibsons' garden a stone's throw north and lower down. N2 is not seen . At 4:45, temp. 82°, Rhody was found back in the optimum tree. The sun was still on the tree, but being much lower, the proportion of shade was greater. Rhody roosting elsewhere? During this period of long absences Rhody has returned to sleep in his house in the eucalyptus tree; but tonight, he could not be found there, although there is a possibility of over-looking him when he crouches low inside. August 2nd. Rhody again was unaccounted for during most of the day and was not seen until 5:30 P.M. although he had eaten his meat somewhat earlier. Calling brought him into the open and he followed to the tool-house promptly. There, however, he first refused a medium sized mouse and then one much smaller, although he pretended to hunt for one of them which ran into the bushes, but allowed it to escape. He now went toward his house in the gum tree; but up to 7:45 P.M. he was certainly not in it, nor could he be seen in any other of his known roosting places. I do not know where he is. The last two nights, especially, have been very warm and there is a possibility that this circumstance has some bearing on decision to sleep else-where. Neo increasingly shy. Neo is behaving like a wild bird, running away when anybody approaches. August 3rd. Rhody did not show up until about noon, when he ate meat at the cage. He did not want a mouse until about 3 P.M. In the meantime he had been loafing and preening and using his "optimum" tree. He continued thus until 5:30 P.M., when he came down from his tree and dusted at various places as a preliminary to calling it a day. I now resolved to see where he was going to sleep, so kept in touch with him. He started toward the eucalyptus, considered going up to his house there (as judged by his actions) then climbed up the bank by the fig tree to the former road (down which he used "to go to the west" when he was roosting in the west lot). This road is now but a path through the rhodendrons and azaleas and terminates in an abrupt bank near the oval lawn. He followed this path until he came to the end, then ascended to the main driveway by the lawn, looking up into the trees as if seeking a good roosting place. He continued by easy stages toward the west considering all the trees, the last being the one by the west end of the living room in which he built nest (still there). It was now about 6 o'clock. I do not think that he had any definite location in mind at this time. For several minutes he sat on top of the retaining wall,