several days. It was heard about the house until about 8:15, then ceased, and was then heard off to the east, where it continued for a long time, but of different character entirely; probably not B. This song was rapidly uttered, of higher pitch and contained more short i sounds, as in yip, with few of the usual thrasher phrases heard here. Hawks were persistently about the place, as they have been now for several weeks, and the effect is very noticeable on the birds. Even Brownie is much more shy about coming out of the bushes. Rhody achieved a record performance by staying in bed until 10:25 A.M. At that time he came down to get a mouse which I offered him, otherwise there seemed to be no good reason why he should not have remained there indefinitely. During the afternoon he repeatedly visited the cage, sometimes only to play with the "mirror bird". Nov.5th. Early song as usual. A hawk raid about 10 A.M. About 10:30 Rhody who was taking worms from me at the side-walk to the west, suddenly bolted for the bushes, after staring at them intently. A humming-bird was the attraction, and a pair appeared and made swooping buzzes over his head, but he lost interest quickly. Rhody's extraordinary persistence at mirror. At 12:35 P.M. Rhody, who had just come up from the lot to the west, rann to the mirror and commenced his performance. I went in to lunch, and at 1:00 returned to find him still at it. 1:34. He was still at it, using new tactics which consisted in running in and out of the cage by the mirror without stopping, pausing a couple of feet beyond, then repeating in reverse order. This was varied by what appeared to be short searches for his double behind the cage , inside the temporary cage and in the small closet-like house which connects the magpie and mocking-bird cages.