Rhody was not seen during the day and did not visit the cage. Dec. 30th. The usual early morning song, after which B left for an hour or so, returning to sit quietly in the glade, all by himself. Later he was at the oval lawn with two other thrashers and showed no disposition to assert territorial rights. Rhody was found sitting in the open on top of a fence post just outside the north western corner--an unusual place for him. By leaning over the fence I could reach about 4 inches from the tip of his tail. He did not object to this procedure and kept his back toward me even when I held worms and meat at the same place. He merely glanced at the food casually and seemed to enjoy the view, which, from his post, extended clear out to the ocean horizon. When I returned with a camera and snapped him from the few angles at which he was accessible, he showed neither interest nor concern; strange but when, after 30 minutes of this, he heard voices for the first time a long way out of sight to his rear, he took one quick glance in that direction, slipped off of the post and into the bushes, although there were no persons in sight and none appeared. It is curious how sensitive he is to the presence of strangers, even at a considerable distance. (Clear, temp.:58) See p. 866 A Dec.31st. Brownie sang as usual during the hours preceding sunrise and was around all day, Nova being present much of the time, but keep- ing pretty well out of sight. Rhody ran true to form. There appears to be a growing tendency on his part to expect me to come to him with food if he stands outside the fence long enough looking wistfully through it. On one such occasion, at the south west corner, Brownie appeared also--an unusual circumstance--and when Rhody left to prowl around the shrubbery along the street, B followed him for about a hundred feet as if watching him.