P. Kelka 1957 Selasphorus rufus 16 March Queens Road, Berkeley, Calif. Male present in garden. 17 March Performed sequence of three or four Typical arc-drives; Active around gymnantha and fruit trees on steep slope which is a site normally held by an Anna 8. Latter not Present regularly before main rainy period which began in early February. Heard in confined aerial display of at least 15 beats, possibly as many as 20, at the end of which the 8 rose about 10 feet up, giving several strokes of the tail just as he approached a prominent peach, then settled on it. 23-25th. Present regularly. Active chiefly in the area mentioned above, moving away from it to peaches upslope perhaps about 50 feet distant, and to peaches atop an apple tree at the same level on the slope about 100 feet to the east. These groves enclose a NW-facing slope with scattered low shrubs, lawn, and patches of flowers. The 8's main attention however, was given to the open and spotted shrubs of fruit trees, acacia, pyra-