104 1936 Feb. 11,12.- Heavy rain - 4-5 am. 2 Vireos Were singing at some time, one east of house, other west. Feb. 13. Still raining. Many moths have been about the porch light every night the past week. Feb. 14. I sat down by the west windows and watched birds for half an hour. There were hundreds of them. Huge flock of Bushtits; a small group stayed some minutes in the toyon brush next the chimney; others in oak trees. A Red-breasted Nuthatch went over the trunk of the oaks, pulling good-sized bits from the cracks in the bark. In one instance I saw him throw away two wings of a moth; in two other instances it seemed to be bits of pupa cases which he discarded. About a dozen Coast jays were hunting on the ground one in the oak trees. One bird alighted on a rather small dead branch, and pulled off two pieces of dead bark 4-6 in long. Each time he held the piece by the end with his toes, pulled off something which he ate and dropped the piece to bark. Several California jays were about too; a female Spotted Towhee in the hazel thicket where they meet every year scolded when a Coast jay came too near. A Song Sparrow, and Vireos were singing; a group of very light-colored Ruby- crowned Kinglets were feeding within 6-8 ft of each other. A Hermit Thrush was feeding on the ground. After the jays went away several Varied Thrushes flew into the oaks.