R also uses soap-root. R uses salamander as lure. Young RRs want help at nest. R suns and sings. He changes pose when calling. R looking for new nest site? He enables me locate bush-tit nest. He greets me. He places twig in new place. March 25th. At 7:30 Rhody sunning himself and singing in a eucalyptus tree about 30 feet from B's nest paid no attention to B's goings and comings. It was noted that, when he cooed, he first restored his wings to their normal position from that assumed while sunning. His calling was apparently not intended to be heard at any considerable distance. At about 9 A.M. he was seen to go up into an oak about 20 feet from the nest. I went there and found him inspecting the canopy of the tree in detail, as if to find another nest site. However, as there was a possibility of his being on a birds-nesting expedition, I waited to the end and was rewarded by seeing him pass directly under and about 2 feet below a bush-tit nest, which his presence disclosed for the first time. Although it seems incredible especially as two tits came out of the nest, I doubt if he saw it. After continuing his search a few minutes more, he descended to the street and ran west, rattle-booing loudly. I followed shortly and found him sunning on the south bank about 100 yards away. When I reached him he lowered his head and whined, repeating "between worms". At 10:30 he was at the cage watching the youngsters, having, in the meantime, called from various points of vantage. When he left (in the direction of the nest) he picked up large twigs (note not lining) turned back toward the cage, thought better of it, went up an oak about 50 feet from it and, when I reached there, was going all about in the top looking for a place to put it. After inspecting various places, he selected one which looked (to me) like a good one, and placed the twig there carefully. When I left he was on the way to inspect the operations of a flicker on the ground to the north. March 26th. B has 2 chicks. R rests in nest. Terry most actively nesting. Brownie's brood consists of but two chicks--a typical Nova performance, since she has never had more than two hatch successfully. At noon Rhody was resting quietly in his nest. An hour or tow later he was taking up lining which he got from near the cage. Terry was the only one in the cage to display a nesting complex today. Twice he was very persistent in his calls for help and managed to stow away perhaps 20 or 30 twigs, one at a time, calling for each to be handed him. He was consisting in concentrating his work upon the west nest. In fact the other one has received no attention since since last noted herein.