but not going up into it. He came back over the fence again to the cage, then once more back to the tree. This time I went over too. As I approached he leaned out of the nest and began to cry. For 20 minutes he now worked rearranging twigs, building the S.W. wall higher and hollowing out the interior, pausing now and then to cry at me. At 12:05 he moved out to the end of the limb and rested; thence over the fence to the cage; back to sun 6 feet from me on the ground; back to the roof of the cage. I now went over the fence too and inside the cage. R5 cried when I went to him. Rhody wandered about the roof, looking in at R5, then down and off swiftly to sun himself near the sage. R5 watched him intently and called softly, hruh-hruh, hroo-o-o. This ended the present observation period. Unfortunate location of nest 2-36. I hope (and doubt) if this is Rhody's final choice for a nest. It is particularly unfortunate right now, because neighbors are starting to build a garden just back of the cage, and the route of the trucks carrying materials passes by the nest tree so closely that the trucks scrape through its branches not more than 2 feet from the nest. Further, this is a steep (at pres ent soft) hillside and the trucks have already mired to the axles right at the tree. Their work is not done and the vicinity, when it is resumed will be in an uproar. This may cause R to shift his choice to one of the locations inside my property lines. I hope it does, for his protection, if for no other reason, because the tree is altogether too public. Activities of Rhody, 1:30 to 2:55 P.M. (and R5). At 1:30 Rhody was not in sight. I went over the fence and looked in nest 2-36 and the surrounding territory; then to the west lot, followed by another look through the territory immediate- ly east of the east property line, by nest 1-36. I then returned to the cage. Glancing at my back track, I saw Rhody coming, appar- ently from where I had just been. He came to the cage, but when I left for the tool-house, he followed, this time waiting outside the door. He was given a mouse, almost black. Ritual followed and a march to the cage. However, he ate the mouse before getting there, then went to the wire to watch R5, quietly. R5 had not eaten anything so far, and I thought the mouse put in his can was too big perhaps, so got him a smaller one and placed it on the ground at my feet in the outer cage where he was. He took it promptly, Rhody watching and moving nearer. Both birds were very composed--there was no evident at- traction between them, and no antagonism, both sunning themselves near me. R now went up to the roof and stayed there for a half hour. Part of the time R5 was 2 feet from him behind the glass. There was no demonstration; both birds preened and sunned, but R kept himself informed of R5's movements. I now went to get another mouse for R5. On my way back, I was surprised to see Rhody, belatedly, on his way to the tool- house. He saw me, but decided to carry out the pattern of going all the way there, anyway, although I was part way back to the cage He now followed me to the cage. I shut R5 in the inner one and opened the outer door to Rhody and invited him in. He would not come through the door and remained there stubbornly. I gave him the mouse, thinking that if he intended it for R5, he would come in; but he gobbled it without ceremony of any kind! (Three mice today so far).