the bath-room window in the morning. The owl fascinates him. In the afternoon I was preparing it in the shop so that it could be stood up outdoors in order to get motion pictures of Rhody's behavior toward it, when he discovered what was afoot and tried to get in through the shop window, running along the sill and tapping on the glass, but making no vocal sound. When the set-up was completed out of doors Rhody was gone, but I found him in a few minutes and he followed me about 50 yards to the scene. He would not approach the owl nearer than about 5 or 6 feet and then only once, preferring to creep about on the edge of the shrubbery and in it on his belly, occasionally rattle-booing, and keeping 10 to 15 feet away from the owl, but not hesitating to come and stand by me or under the camera tripod. I did not get much. He stayed for perhaps an hour. Much later, when I carried the owl off, he followed into the office, left, made a wide circuit and then came in again through the shop, again booing. This owl has a strong attraction for him, but what it is I do not know. About 5 o'clock Rhody was given his third mouse of the day. After his first mouse, in the morning, he gathered up a sheaf of pine-needles, presented them at the mirror and carried them--not to his new nest--but to the house in the eucalyptus tree. Perhaps this means that this house is about to be restored to favor again. 6 P.M. It did not; because at 5:40 P.M. he was already stowed away in his old house at the west lot. August 9th. Rhody was not seen here after his first appearance in the morning, until about 5 P.M. He wanted no mice and soon went to his old house (No.1). I was away several hours and he may have visited the owl during that period, but at no time was he seen to do so. From time to time during the past 2 or 3 years the Hooded Oriole has been reported as occasionally nesting 10 or 15 miles south of here and the birds have been seen (and caught) still nearer. I was told by the Brocks of two nests of this year about 3 miles from here and went and saw one of them. They also told me of one more about 10 or 12 miles and, although I found the tree, I could not find the nest. I therefore looked elsewhere in "my own territory" and, in 1½ hours, found six, of which five were of the year. One of them (perhaps more--I did not look carefully) contained young--at this late date. August 10th. At 9 A.M., while I was looking for Rhody, he came running after me from "nowhere". I gave him a very large mouse, for which he cried, and as it proved, this was enough for the day. About 4:30 P.M. he ran swiftly past me, stopping as I spoke to him. He headed (as I supposed) for the tool-house but, when I got there, he continued on to look at the owl through the office window. When I went in he followed after me, booing. I offered him a mouse outside, but he passed it up and came and stood near me in what seemed to be an expectant attitude. Not knowing what else he might want, I went into the shop, thence into the office where the owl was, followed closely by him, with a boo or two. Apparently that was all he wanted, as he again refused the mouse--a small one--and soon wandered off toward house No. 1.