This sudden interest in me after his indifference of yesterday and his treatment of Bb did not warrant his being shown special favor, but he got the worms notwithstanding and again chased Bb--presumably to show me how little my views in the matter counted. Bb would not leave the place and B quit. However all this makes Bb's home life less pleasant than it should be, and I suppose, will result in his eventual retirement. During this episode Nova took no part, but applauded or censured--I do not know which--from the gallery. B sang frequently during the rest of the forenoon. At 1 P.M. he was singing from the old oak. On going there Rhody was seen preening on a stub branch of the same tree. After several minutes he flew down and ran rapidly down the road to the west. I followed by a different route and intercepted him about 150 yards from the tree where he had halted. I wished to see if he had suddenly become afraid of me, but he continued his course, following the curve of the road, slowly, which brought him to me, where he accepted worms dropped to him. Passing me, he climbed up an oak in which there were bush-tits a towhee and a plain titmouse. They had been following his course, but keeping up in the trees, scolding. The scolding ceased and they gradually dispersed. Rhody came down and went up the next tree, where there was an old bush-tit nest, also a wren and a brown towhee. He did not investigate the nest and the other birds left slowly. He stayed in the tree several minutes, d dropped to the ground outside the fence, played with twigs, picked up a few things to eat, but preened mostly. He then wandered off slowly into the bushes, preening every few steps, and I left him at 1:50. Oct.8th. There was early morning song. At about 8:50 Brownie was actually working at the nest. Nova was with him (a good sign) but left as I approached, to return on my