(122) (A strange May thus far, fitting accompaniment to the coldest winter ever recorded in this part of California by a very wide margin and these records go back for 62(?) years. (Get the facts from the weather bureau). Heavy rains May first and rain at another shower now! frequent intervals sincethen and rainingxman? This in a season when the total precipitation to date is about one third less than normal, or, in other words, the normal is 50% more than we have had so far this year. May seems to be making up for it. In January, February and March this year we have had warmer days than any day in May of this year, so far) (Saw the Wren-tits eating the raspberries today). May 9th (Found the Nuttall (or Gambel?) Sparrow's nest this morn- ing at 7:00. No eggs. It was located through the assistance of the male bird who sat on the next bush and sang. At this time the goldfinches were carrying cotton to the nest, and it was seen that the Wren-tits have young.) One thrasher on the nest. (Another California Towhee nest found by Julio in an oak overhanging the roof of the shop. This is 15 or 20 feet above the ground and it looks as if the birds took the roof level as their datum to work from). Too busy all day to observe the thrashers often. May 10 At 8 A.M. Green-eyes was calling:"Scrip, scrip " somewhere. (Incidentally I have not yet, as far as I know, heard his mate use this call) I called him and Brown-eyes in the nest answered:" To-wheet-you-true-true-true", rolling her r's. Green- eyes did not answer, stopped calling and did not go to the nest, but appeared a hundred feet away in a direction opposite to that from which I first heard him. He worked his way over toward me gradually and took worms tossed to him a few feet away, but would not come to hand, nor go to the nest. I think, therefore, that Brown-eyes' call was not for him to come and relieve her,