at once to pick them up one at a time, gently, from my palm. R tries to disgorge I went back to Rhody, who was still sunning himself (4:30), pek ket. He sat near him and watched. He tried to disgorge a pellet without "blows" success. I discovered that he also "blows" when he does this (the air being cool enough so that his breath could be seen). He again refused the (now dead) mouse and continued his slow march to the west. At 4:42 I went back to Neo, repeating the action of a few minutes earlier. R's roosting At 4:49 Rhody, now on the west lot 160 yards from Neo, was seen to quicken his pace toward the roost tree, so I went to the tree to time him. He reached his "first position" in the "ladder- tree" at 4:50 1/2 P.M.; other positions as follows: Second at 5:01, Third 5:07, Fourth 5:09, Fifth 5:10, Sixth 5:12, Seventh 5:12 1/2 (After his jump across the gap). Settled in house 5:15. (56°). Feb.21st. (Sunrise 6:55, sunset 5:54). Thrasher songs off in various directions; a little here early. Rhody in the garden at 7:30 A.M., but not seen to work on his nest until 9:10, though he may have started sooner. He soon took time off for a long bout with the magpies. In the midst of this he was offered it and bolted it at once without ceremony, returning at once to his play with the magpies. After this lost its attractions he wandered about the place, going up to the roof and up into a pine about 30 feet to see what the jays were doing. He sailed down from there, went into the shrubbery and began to sing--without any distant outlook at all. He was given a piece of meat about 11 o'clock, work- ed a little on his nest and was ready for a mouse about noon. This was treated with full honors, carried to the roof and for an indef- inite period thereafter. However, at 3 P.M., when he was again at the nest, he no longer had it. Little more nest building was done during the rest of the day and he left for his night roost about 5:10 P.M. (64°). Neo and mate were away most of the time, but both were fed at their regular place late in the forenoon. On this occasion N20 seemed to have been home without my knowing it and only revealed herself when Neo came back home, in response to my whistle, from a hundred yards or so to the east, where he had been singing from a fence post. About 3 o'clock both were in the brush around tree 8 and Neo was doing much singing. They were there until about 5 P.M. and were fed there. There is as yet no positive evidence of actual nest construct ion by these thrashers, and I can not see that they have indicated preference for any particular location. Most of their time is spent away from this place and I doubt whether Neo has definitely establish d himself as N2's "one and only", i.e. beyond any chance of another male's stealing her from him. He talks to her all the time when she is anywhere near, frequently goes into the brush when I am feed- ing him, to assure himself that she is still there, but he will not let her have a single worm if he can get it himself; even snatching them out of her bill. To this high-handed procedure she makes a