1589. At 3 P.M. I drove past the west lot. Rhody was at his post. I stopped and talked to him from the car, trying to make him sing. My coos brought no results, but my coke-cokes caused him to lower his head and "cry". Another hawk. At 3:30 I drove by again. Just as I was passing his tree a Cooper hawk passed within 20 or 30 feet of his house and at the same level. I stopped and searched through the thicket for Rhody, but could not find him. At 4 he was not in his house and could not be found anywhere. At 5 he was in the house for the night.(Julio). R roosts late. Neo in full song. At the same time Neo was again in full song in the echo tree. Identified by calling him to the fence for appropriate reward. The song had begun about 10 minutes before. I heard it while in the house and went out to listen. A very fine, sustained song, but not so good as Brownie's best. When Julio came to report on Rhody I asked him if the song was as good as Brownie's. He said: "Na-a-w, Sir! But maybe he will learn better when he gets older." (I wanted an independent judgment). Julio then volunteered the opinion that Neo is a young bird and that he can not "use words" like Brownie. The absence of phrases that permit of approximate syllabication is one of the marked differences between the two birds. The timbre of many of Neo's tones is also inferior to B's. But I have yet to hear two thrashers that sing exactly alike. Thrasher song is not stereotyped. Brownie and Greenie had many identical phrases and I was fooled by them many times, even after I got to know them well. Actual time Jan. 8th. (Sunrise 7:26, sunset 5:07). The actual time of sunrise here was 7:39. At this time of the year the sun rises at about the lowest point of the hills to the east. So, as compared with the official figure, it is probable that sunrise is never less, here, than 14 minutes later than the Weather Bureau figures. Thrasher song was first heard at 7:05. When I went out at 8:45 it was calm here, but strangely, 250 yards to the east the wind was roaring through the tall eucalyptus trees--a north wind. (Temp. in court 46°, in clearing 52°). An unknown thrasher was at the cage, but soon left for the north-east, whence continuous song now came. Unknown thrasher. Plover The plover's wing was now up in proper position as it was yesterday morning, only to hang down later for the rest of the day. At 9:50 A.M. the north wind had now broadened its scope and was tearing over the pines on the north line. Another(?) thrasher. Another thrasher was discovered in the glade-sage area: a silent bird, all alone -- not very wild and coming out into the open freely. Rhody not seen. Rhody had not been seen this morning so, at 10, I went to his roosting place on the west lot, going over the fence and down through the brush--my "inside route"--by following which I do not have to appear in the open. He was not there, but, as I stood looking up into his tree (No. 13, map p. 1313 A, Book 7, which see in order to follow subsequent events) Neo joined me, talking to his consort, who was 20 feet away digging industriously in the thicket. I gave him worms, then went up through the brush and out into the open space of the west lot, moving slowly. Neo voluntarily followed all the way to the fence, talking. His mate followed him, digging. I went over the fence and sat on the ground inside it near tree 7 at the place X. I handed Neo one worm at a time through the fence, he taking them Neo finds me. N follows me. Eats from hand,