1632. Rhody was at his post on the west lot at 8:30 and sang when urged. At 9:30 he was handed a mouse there and began his rounds with ritual. About noon I had forgotten all about him, when he dashed past me, still with the creature in his bill. After that I made a point of looking him up occasionally, finding him with the mouse each time. At 3 P.M. he still had it and was still optimistic of success in finding a candidate to receive it. He was still bow- ing, hrooing and wagging his tail sidewise, out on the baccharis- covered north slope, after five and one half hours. How much longer he carried it, I do not know, as he was not contacted again until he was found after 5 P.M. (by Julio) in his house, but without the mouse. So far as known, this was his only food today; but of course, he may have caught lizards and other "game", although he is so single-mind- ed of purpose that he rarely drops his burden to forage. At 5 P.M. the rain finally came. MARCH 1938 Mar. 1st. (Sunrise 6:43, sunset 6:03). 12:20 P.M. Partly cloudy this morning after a night of rain. Brokenwing sang much from his territory. Neo has not been seen at his place on the south bank, but has sung occasionally at the Clear- ing and other points nearby. At 9:30 Rhody, then on the north slope, was given a mouse, which he proceeded to carry about in proper form; but, at 11 A.M., he was at his nest without the mouse. I watched him until 12:15. For the first half hour or so he worked in desultory fashion, most- ly inside, apparently trying to shape the bowl. In doing this much of the material was pushed out on to the porch. The house is too small to enable him to construct a nest in it in traditional style, and he apparently has no realization of the fact that heavy, coarse, inflexible and many-branched twigs can not be formed into a neat, hollow bowl in confined quarters—or at least not full realization. The fact that he has twice pushed the structure out may indicate partial realization of the difficulty, and it was true on this occa- sion that, when he brought new material for the inside, it was short- er and finer. At 1:15 Rhody was still at his nest and, during the 20 min- utes I watched him, he got only one load of stuff and this was all fine. Much of the time he merely sat in the nest. He was about all the afternoon doing very little additional work—loafing mostly and playing with the magpies. At 5 P.M. Julio gave him meat at the ladder tree. At 5:20 I went down and found him stowed away for the night. The day had remained overcast, without rain. Neo and mate remained much of the day in or near the thicket outside the fence by the north-west corner. I fed them there twice. Heavy rain began about 8 P.M. Mar. 2nd. 1:45 P.M. It rained heavily, apparently all night, but there has been no rain as yet since sunrise and the day has been mostly sun- y. At 9:30 A.M. Rhody, on the north slope again, was given a mouse with the usual seasonal result. At 10:30 he had it at the new nest in the eucalyptus house; but came down with it shortly and renewed his rounds. He took it to test _3-3? (The one in the oak at the glade). First time this year.