October 23rd. Thrashers away? No thrashers seen or heard all day . I did not look up Rhody until about 9:30 A.M., when I went to the fence and called; but he did not come. R appears on call. About 11, however, he did come out of the thicket in response to call and followed happily to the mousery. After eating he sought shade in the lower branches of a pine where he could look out over the country spread out below. R eats 2 mice in 5 minutes. About 1 P.M. I found him near this same tree and he again tagged along behind for a mouse--his second. In less than 5 minutes he saw me about to enter the tool-house again, and to my surprise, came for still another mouse, which was given him. (These are small mice). October 24th. and 25th. Thrashers sing. Considerable thrasher song in the distance for most of the time, both mornings, but no thrashers seen here. Rhody seemed to divide his time between the garden and the west lot, apparently doing little foraging abroad, depending upon local supplies of meat and mice. Since his reproductive urge has departed for the season; grub is obtainable without effort and his moult no longer requires hours of preening, there is really nothing for him to do but loaf. No wonder he goes to bed early. October 26th. to 28th., incl. Thrashers sing. Thrasher song in the distance in the early morning on the 26th, but none the other two days. R's roosting time. Rhody divided his time between the west lot and here. His roosting time was taken on the 28th and found to be 3:21--later than the last time noted. (Weather, bright, warm, calm; temp. about 70°). Pheasant and Rhody. Attitude toward each other. On the morning of the 27th, while looking for Rhody, I came across a cock silver pheasant instead, in the orchard. (Dr. R's bird?) I went to the tool-house to get some feed for him and, as I turned back toward the door, there was Rhody waiting for me and crying. He had found me instead of I him. The two birds were aware of each other's presence and were a little "stiff". The next morning, while waiting for Rhody to come over the west fence, I was startled by the pheasant suddenly and silent appearing at my elbow as I crouched on the ground. He wanted food from me, so I got him some. Rhody would not come over the fence while pheasant was near me. The pheasant also watched Rhody (25 feet away) and, for a time, appeared to freeze. October 29th. Brokenwing sings nearby. About 9:10 A.M., as I sat near the oval lawn, thrasher full-song was heard nearby. It proved to be Brokenwing singing. He came and ate the suet "pudding" in my presence (25 feet away) then moved to the ironwood tree, about 15 feet farther, and continued the song. His mate comes. In about 10 minutes it was answered from the east, a long way off. This bird began to approach and soon was singing about 50 feet from BW: an entirely different song, somewhat inferior to BW's. The latter continued and, for the first time in my experience, I heard a California thrasher sing the same musical phrase five times in close succession. Bw did this repeatedly, varying from two