1939 in the trees west of the house. The wren from the box near the front door flew back to the logern near the box while the wren from the titmouse box remained in the pales. Rain after 5:45 p.m. May 21. Tanagers at Boneder Creek. Thrush singing. Rainied all night. Duns Br. Avocets 50, Willets 15, Phalæpso N. 50; Ruddy Ducks 30t (all in same pool) Only one Tiller seen. May 22. Berkeley. A family of Lutescent Warblers were in the garden - the young flying about with ease. Burrowing Owl at Wilpetos - horned like a Sparrow Hawk. May 23. Purset-backed Thrush rang Continuously at dawn and for an hour or more afterward. The Lutescent Warbler rang frequently. While the first brood was being hatched I heard no songs. The Lady Birds went to Los Banos. Mrs. Swins and Mr. Saunders stopped here on the way back from Yosemite. I left Berkeley about 9:30 a.m. and drove to San Jose. I saw the Burrowing Owl again at Wilpetos on a fence post next the railway where the highway turns to cross the P.R. on entering the town. I met Mrs. Nellcorand at San Jose and after an early lunch we drove on to Gilroy and over Bacheco Pass. We reached Los Banos about 3 p.m. and went to the Canal Farm Hotel just beyond the town. We then drove out to the Game refuge but found no one there to unlock the gate so drove