1550 Nov. 27th. (Sunrise 7:02, sunset 4:52). Day dawned bright, clear calm. Thrashers not heard. At 8 A.M. (56°) Rhody was in his roost enjoying the sun. " 9 " Still in roost. " 9:15 " " " " 9:20 I met him face to face at the turn of a path as he was running swiftly toward me. This surprised us both and he put on both foot- and wing-brakes (also tail-) turned quickly aside and began to sun his back. This continued until 9:55, when he came for a mouse, after defecating forcefully and turning to look at the results--a common procedure. At this time a thrasher was scrippin at the entrance. After eating his mouse Rhody retired to the same bush on the bank above the orchard that he used yesterday. This bush (Bacchar- is ) has in its top a tangle of slender branches forming an almost nest-like platform upon which he can lie and, at the same have a fairly extensive outlook. It is sunny at this time of the year up to about 3:30 P.M., when the shadow of a pine reaches it. 12 M. Rhody still there. Another session with Longbill*. Just before this (11:40) I looked through the fence near the entrance along the slope of the bank under the chaparral, for thrashers. I saw one almost at once preening. I approached to within 6 feet. I began to toss a worm at a time to this bird, by "indirect fire" because of the thick bushes. It was singing a soft song as it preened. (Like slumber song). Now and then a worm fell near it, which it ate. Soon it began to expect more. I moved clos- er and managed to get an occasional worm through the tangle to a point where the thrasher either saw or heard it. These were also taken. I now adopted the strategy first used with Brownie: I be- gan to drop them closer to myself--at the fence in fact. The bird, which I could now see in detail, was Longbill*. She had to come within three feet of me to get those worms that dropped right at the fence and show herself fully. This she did and had a good look at me, but was undaunted, continuing to pick up the worms at that distance until simultaneous exhaustion of my supply and passage of the milk-truck up the grade 30 feet behind me interrupted the session, Longbill*leaving. At 12:30 Longbill*was back again and could he heard singing very softly. The experience above described was repeated, with these differences: Longbill*approached the fence before I tossed a worm. She picked a worm off of the wire with nothing between us (ex- cept the coarse mesh of the fence).three feet from my knee. At this distance she once resisted the temptation to retreat when I tossed the worm. At 1:30 Rhody was found on top of the cage, ready for a sec- ond mouse. He had not eaten the meat. At 2:40 all birds scarce, including R. A Cooper hawk flush- et from a tree at the clearing afforded explanation. At 3:30 P.M. I found Rhody already in his roost in the eu- calyptus tree. (Clear, north wind, 60°). * The identification is uncertain. Later:Nov.30th. A careless "iden- tification."