1809 , which supports the road west of the house, looking off to the west and considering his next move. Eventually he crawled under the fence after having considered whether he should fly over it directly or indirectly by first climbing a tree which overhung it. After prowling through the brush by the fence he went out into the open space scan- nning his surroundings with great care. He now seemed to be getting apprehensive and once, when startled by a huge furniture van in the street, ran swiftly toward me in manifest fear, and became semi- frozen. After many short moves and long waits, he went to the old ladder tree, went up through it by almost the identical route that he had standardized and, at 6:24, leaped across the gap to the house tree. In a minute more he was in the house, settled comfortably. However, last night, he was not in it, up to 7:45 P.M. at least. August 4th. Rhody absent during the forenoon; loafed at home during the afternoon, having one mouse. At 6:15 P.M. he was on the bank near the eucalyptus and I left him there as I had an engagement. At 10:30 P.M. I could not see him in the house there with the aid of a flash-light. August 5th. (Sunrise 5:15, sunset 7:15). Neo comes for worms again. Neo's moults. At 10 A.M. Neo ran out of the sage patch at my approach, but this time, halted when I called to him. He came back shyly and took worms tossed to him. His new feathers are coming in rapidly--even the long-delayed feathers on the back of his neck. His head feathers appear to have been entirely renewed. They are very gray in tone and dishevelled. His central rectrices seem fully grown out and lie smoothly, but outer ones on each side, partly grown, do not lie parallel with the others and their vanes look as if the shafts of the feathers had been twisted about their axes. Rhody lets me know that he needs grobb. I gave Neo all the worms I had with me and went to the shop (not the tool-house) to get more. While I was inside a loud rattle- boo sounded in the doorway, Rhody had seen me entering ( I had not seen him) and was announcing his presence and need of sustenance. I went out and talked to him before taking the hint and he rattled- bood and hung about my feet until I went to the tool-house and got him a mouse. This he gulped without display and, again had to disgorge hastily because of lack of thorough "preparation". He still was impatient and again swallowed the mouse before it was death, his breast feathers fluttering for a few seconds. He now went off into a mild "circus" then composed himself for a sunbath, hesitating, so it seemed, as to the type to be used. The spread-eagle pose won. I went to the court to read the thermom- eter ( because this is a morning much cooler than it has been recent- ly). Temperature there: 64°--just on the threshold between the An hour or so later Neo, without being solicited, ran toward me for worms from the sage patch. But, on seeing me again, about noon, ran off as fast as he could. About 5:15 P.M., on returning from an absence since 2 o'clock I found a visitor (H.I.E.) waiting for me at the pool near the oval lawn watching Julio doing some work on the water piping.