simultaneously with his food. Eats slugs. He will eat small, gray slugs, but the sticky slime which they exude annoys him. Nov. 11th. A little early morning song and full song by Brownie about noon. He also sat in the nest frequently and for long periods of time, as if incubating. Perhaps he thinks that if he does his share, the hoped for miracle will happen. Perhaps also the acorn is still in the nest serving the purpose of the classic door-knob that beguiles the domestic hen. If so, it seems odd to have the male bird behave in this way. Nova is still here, but does not seem to go to the nest. A pleasing feature of B's "incubation" is his frequent under- song from the nest. Hawks are still making frequent raids. I saw feathers floating down from the oak near the front door. A hawk flew out. I knocked feathers out of it and a second hawk flew out. More feathers were also found at the north side of the house xxx. These birds are also raiding Dr. Reynolds' place and killing birds Rhody accepted mice from me to day, carried them off, but would not eat them. Too stale, or not hungry? Nov. 12th. Some early morning song--in a heavy fog. Rhody was not in bed at 9 A.M. Weather does not seem to affect his sleeping hours. This was a morning when one might reasonably expect a bird of his habits to get up late. Blue-birds. For a week or two Western Blue-birds have been flying overhead in pairs and small flocks, both in the morning and the afternoon. Singularly enough, all flights noted have been north or nearly so; the opposite of what one would expect.