Brownie again occupied his nest for considerable periods of time during the day. At this time last year (also preceding and following) he and Greenie were carrying twigs into trees rather actively. Now that he has a nest, and Nova is not interested, there is no twig-carrying. It will be interesting to see if the present nest will be used as the first one of next season. B is doing a lot of under-singing these days, with occasional full song. Dec. 2nd. Hawk raids were observed to begin about 7 A.M. at which time quail and juncos were driven against the windows of the house. Yet with all this and frequent raids during the day, there was early morning song followed by almost continuous undr-song by B during during the day, in which were many imitations. Rhody was very friendly and bold, eating from my hand often., and not hesitating to come into the cage where I was feeding the rail . I pretended not to see his approach and he walked in behind me, mounted the stone on which I was sitting and took a piece of meat practically off of my coat-tails. As the meat had been hardened by the sun, he proceeded to "kill" it as he does a snake, by taking it by one hand and slapping it upon the ground. Dec. 3rd. Early song and hawk raids. By referring to back notes, it appears that these raids may be ex- pected to continue for several months, especially during the winter. About 9:30 A.M. B came for worms, talking all the while as if to Nova, who was not visible. He then climbed the old oak and sang beginning with half song, working up to three-quarter, then to full. His object seemed to be to get Nova to come to him. If so, I saw no signs of definite results. While he was singing I moved to the