Selasphorus rufus March 24, Queensland, Berkeley, Calif. early February, a male has been noticed briefly on scattered dates, passing over syringa or perched to the east along Fairlawn & singing there briefly. March 28. The presence of the O. rufus was checked daily in the morning and late afternoon. This morning, again a male O. anna was present; no staff was witnessed, but the male O. anna was active about the usual perches and the O. rufus was present in peripheral areas. In the afternoon, at 5 and later, a male O. anna was present, but the rufus was not seen there. In the 13-day period over which the O. rufus was present, only once was it witnessed to give the unmourned aerial display. The aerial display was the confined aerial display as described above. In this the head was held forward, the gorget spread, and the male moved back & forth rapidly then a distance of a foot or 15 inches at the most with the body swing freely with each beat, the tail brought forward as the bird moved forward, back and horizontal as it moved back.