1599. July 9th. Well, poor old Rhody is "in another of his "harmonics" superim- pos ed upon the fundamental wave of his nesting cycle. At about 7:30 A.M., Julio discovered Rhody hard at work carrying twigs up into the glass house in Brownie's dormitory tree. He wanted nothing to eat, having no other interest than nest-building. This is now the third season that he has worked in this house. I forget the code numbers for the preceding years, but this is now nest 4-38 at this place. What he may have done elsewhere, I do not know. At 8:30 he was resting but wanted no mice. At 9:30 he was hard at work again, wanting no mice. At 10:15, still working, wanting nothing from me. At 10:30 I gather some everlasting for him, which he immediately carried up to his nest, even though it was in its green state. Still he wanted no mouse. My presence does not bother him in the least. A few minutes later he was willing to consider the mouse question and followed to the tool-house. The mouse given him was killed; ceremony followed, but it was abandoned. A short period of uncertainty as to what next to do and he climbed a pine tree north of the house (goldfinches protesting) then sailed south over the low part of the house and could not be located on the other side, although in searching for him, I discovered a thrasher with both mandibles broken off entirely, leaving but two short stubs of unequal length. (By following him, it was found that he was subsisting on the suet "pudding" at the oval lawn. A supply of soft food was then placed there for him. As the California thrasher's bill is specialized in form for digging and turning over stones and litter, this injury is a particularly severe handicap. The bird appears to be a bird of the year). About 1 o'clock Rhody was discovered in the upper garden, now anxious for attention. He accepted readily the mouse he had killed and left a short time before and gobbled it without being at all finical. He was not seen to work on the nest again, but loafed the rest of the day. At 5 P.M. he had another mouse, which he took to his house and ate, coming down later to play with the magpies. The broken-billed thrasher continued to subsist on our offer- ings at the feeding station. July 10th. Rhody loafed all day; had two mice; played with the magpies; did no work on the nest. Broken-bill continued to patronize the feeding station. Neo was seen once or twice, but he is shy. Allen hummers are occasionally seen in the vicinity of the abandoned nest, but not seen to enter it. Hummers are now as numer- ous here now as I have evr seen them, perhaps more numerous. They are Allens and Annas and seem to be "all" females or immatures. July 11th. Rhody was seen at work on his nest in the glass house again at 7 A.M. He worked faithfully until 10:45, with the exception of a short "time out" to insult the magpies and to get a mouse from me. This mouse was used to dedicate the new nest. This accomplished, work continued, but only for a short time. The rest of the day he loafed, preened, and attended to the magpies and made short inspection trips