1590 His mate leaves. more readily from my finger tips than from my palm. His mate, unknown to him, had travelled along the ground and disappeared in tree 15 on the south bank. He now became anxious and his contact calls took on a different character--I imagined more plaintive-- but he still did not overlook the worms and made no effort to go and find the other bird, who remained silent all this time. After a few minutes I retired about 30 feet, thinking that as he would not now be distracted by my offering worms, and being unaware of his mate's whereabouts, he would now climb a bush and call loudly for her. That is exactly what happened. He sang short, rich phrases and, almost immediately I saw her retrace her course and join him. Song now ceased and talk began again. He calls her loudly. Rhody located. After searching everywhere for Rhody I at last found him (at 11:15) waiting at the fence at this same place, X. He was prompt in coming to the fence and following as far as the orchard; but there he halted in the lee of the bank, not liking to breast the wind as he would have had to do in continuing on to the tool-house. I got a mouse for him and gave it to him by the apricot when he cried for it. I learned from Mrs. Seamell this morning that, in addition to the hawk hazard to which he had been subjected yesterday, dogs raided his domain while he was present, and she had been keeping an eye on the west lot this morning to see if he would appear; but he did not. Dogs. Effect of wind turb- ulence in equalizing temperatures, At 12:15 P.M., although the prevailing direction of the wind was from the north, there were gusts in all directions:"The wind she blow, east, west, north, south..." Temp. in court 56°, in Clearing 57°. Note the usual difference absent, due to the mixing effect of the variable wind and the probability that its temperature is now close to the above figures. At this time Rhody resting on his orchard bank. I expected to find Neo (why, I do not know) on his favored south bank in the chaparral, and so he was, coming through the fence quickly when I sat down, talking. His mate now called loudly from the bushes perhaps a dozen feet from me. He mounted to the fence and threaded his way in her direction, through the maze of honeysuck- le and climbing rose and, when about 8 feet from me, called so loudly that I could feel the physical impact on my ear-drums--a new experi- ence (with a bird) for me. His mate now wormed her way toward him from the opposite direction and Neo dropped down to see me about the worm situation, hanging about my feet. I now had nothing to offer and he went off a few feet and began picking up twigs, one of which he carried up into the bushes on the fence. First nesting reflex noted on his part. It looks like a serious affair between him and What- shall-I-call-her. N2 will do for the present. (Also, later, "Long tail") Extremely loud call by Neo. Neo shows first evi- dence of nesting re- flex. Feeding Neo and N2. Attitude toward each other. First "blue- bird" call by Neo. 2:15 P.M. I have just finished a 20 minute session with Neo and his mate at the same place. I sat in the chair in the open. Neo came through the fence promptly and took worm after worm from my fingers, retreating less and less after each worm. N2 came through in about 5 minutes, not getting closer than about 10 feet, but taking all the worms that Neo did not get first. Once he stole one from her bill. She had perhaps a dozen. Neo seemed bottomless. He was inclined to chase her when she was successful in getting the worm before he arrived. Yet once he carried two worms in his bill for a minute or two, making the "blue-bird" call that Brownie used in ap- proaching the nest with food. He carried them once almost to N2 as if to feed her, seemed irresolute, came back, looked for another customer, then ate them himself. First "nest approach" and "feeding call" by Neo.