March 5th. At 7:45 neither Rhody nor R5 could be found about the place or at the west lot. At 9 A.M. Rhody was given a mouse at his post on the west lot. I watched him for 1 hour and 30 minutes, during which time he did not go more than 50 or 60 feet from his starting point and he still had the mouse when I left. 30 minutes of this period was spent in the ladder tree, concentrating principally on the territory to the north west. He did not sing at all, but occasionally uttered soft whoo, whoo, woo-o-o-os audible about 20 feet. The mouse left in R5's can in the cage disappeared during the night or early morning hours; whether through the agency of Rhody, R5, cat or by climbing out is not known. 4:25 P.M. Nothing more has been seen of R5, and I suspect that Rhody knows no more of his whereabouts than the rest of us. Rhody continued to work at intervals on nest 3-37 and is now claiming the tree and its immediate neighbors, having chase Brownie away 2 or 3 times without pressing the matter seriously. About 3:45 he was offered a lizard by Julio--I was standing by to get a picture--but, although interested, he would not take it and trotted off to the shop-yard and looked into the tool-house through the window; a plain hint. Accordingly I followed and got him a mouse. He was waiting now at the door, crying. This mouse he took with ritual into the upper part of the cage. There an insecure perch gave way under him and he dropped the mouse, startled. In a few minutes he came out without it and stood by me. (Another hint?). I went in, got it and handed it to him. He gobbled it at once. Pretty soft! At 5:51 he made his leap from the ladder tree to his night roost. (Sunrise 6:37, sunset 6:07; temp. in Clearing at 5 P.M. 70, at 5:50, est. 65)/ Rhody is now keeping much longer hours. He still has not resumed song. Brownie seems to have added nothing to the nest which he started in the old oak, yet I see both him and Nova here often. They seem to have plenty of leisure. They may not have decided on that nest at Robinsons'. On the other hand, it may be completed and they are doing their loafing here, just as, with a nest here they have, in the past, loafed elsewhere frequently. March 6th. At 7:30 A.M. Rhody was at his post on the west lot. About an hour later he strolled along the sidewalk toward the entrance and was given a mouse, which he eventually took up to nest 3-37 and ate. Now followed a period of work on the nest, then wander- ings to the north and survey of the country from high points. He now shifted to the south side of the place, inspected a house under construction across the street, then strolled away to the south east. I did not see him again until about 5 P.M., at which time I was coming down from his 3-37 tree where I had been removing some twigs that interfered with his movements, and found him at the base of the ladder entirely unconcerned. A long drink and he was off on his leisurely saunter to the roost place.