1547 Thrashers were heard during the early morning hours. At 8 A.M. Rhody was still in the same place. Not raining. At 9 A.M. he was out of his roost by the sage patch only slightly damp outside. When he exposed his under-feathers they were seen to be dry. He had not eaten anything from the meat dish; did not want a mouse and merely rolled his eyes at the worms I tossed him; although he seemed cheerful and friendly. By 9:40 he had changed his mind on the mouse question and trotted along behind me to the usual place. This mouse, a light gray hy- brid, had to be slapped on the ground several times before it was sufficiently subdued to be swallowed. Rhody now appeared to be perfectly dry, as did all the other birds casually noted: quail, brown and spotted towhees, hermit thrushes, juncos, linnets, golden-crowned sparrows Now followed a period of several hours during which almost no birds were to be seen (including Rhody). This was due to the pres- ence, which I accidentally discovered, of a hawk, lurking in the trees and shrubbery. When it left the birds reappeared. Rhody loitered about the orchard close to the eucalyptus tree in which he has been roosting, most of the afternoon, usually stand- ing quite still and wanting no food of any kind. He had not eaten his meat. I made several attempts to interest him in mice (though I had none with me) to no avail. At 3:30 he was sitting close to the wire, just outside the fence, but would not come in. However, when I made a quick gesture with a hand exactly as if tossing a worm to him, he immediately slipped under the fence and came and stood in front of me without looking to see if a worm had actually been thrown upon the ground. (I.e. he apparently recognized the gesture and was aware that no worm was thrown). He wanted only three or four and refused to pick up two or three under his feet, although he craned his neck to look at them. He now stood still looking at me for several minutes, then decided to go back through the hole and climb the tree that serves as a "ladder tree" for this roost, first, however, "dusting" on the damp walk on which there was no dust. (There is more in these two paragraphs than appears on the surface). At exactly 4:08 he was in sleeping posture on the house sup- port. (Cloudy, calm, 57°; sunset 4:53). A late retirement. Nov. 24th. A little thrasher calling and singing beginning before sunrise. Rhody not up at 7:45, 8:45, but came down at 9:50, want- ing no food. (Sunny, mild.) At 10:15 he was sunning himself on the bank near the base of the tree. He was too comfortable to think of anything to eat. At 10:45 I found him sitting in the garden. He responded favorably to my suggestion that he come and get a mouse. He was a little careless in despatching this one and had to reject it after it was part way down his gullet and "kill it some more." He had not eaten his meat. About 2:30 he was ready for another mouse. These two mice appeared to be all he ate during the day. I do not think he left the place all day, showing renewed interest in the roof of the cage as a resting place and also the acacia at the eastern end of it.