1931 A few minutes later, song was approaching and soon two thrashers were singing in the east end oaks of this place and others were somewhere nearby. Out of the confusion Neo was identified, followed by his faithful satellite. From now on until after 4 P.M. he could be located at almost any time, either by full song of long duration from the pine he favors at present, from his inner sanctum, or by sub-song from the latter place. In the pine he was usually accompanied (in a dual sense) by his mate, who seemed to develop a phrase or two like some of his. After 4:15 there was no song up till now (5:40) at least. Rhody back in No.2. Rhody remained home all day, as far as known. Two mice; two pieces of meat. At 5:15 he was in his No.2 house in the eucalyptus tree. I will see if he has changed his mind again as he did last night. 5:47. Well, he hasn't; he is still in No.2. (Temp. 73°). Yesterday and today were as alike as two peas can possibly be as to weather (and everything else, for that matter, even as to both being holidays!) 7 P.M. Rhody is still in No.2. September 6th. (Sunrise 5:43; sunset 6:33). Thrasher song was first heard at 5:25 A.M., close to the west end of the house, where recently it has been originating. It shifted gradually toward the east (to Neo's inner sanctum?). By 7:15 there was no song at this place, but during a 15 minute's tour of the garden, distant song could be heard to the south; a thrasher began to sing at the echo pine; another was seen climbing, silently, the pine nearest the kitchen and a fourth was discovered on the Nichols's back lawn foraging with about two dozen robins. (Rhody was up before 7 A.M. and after a brief sunning at the sage-patch, disappeared). (62°). About 8:45 there were signs of the thrashers gathering in the vicinity of the cage, but with almost no full song, such as is the usual preliminary. Three or four thrashers were now seen foraging in and near the Nichols lawn. There was some talk and posturing. Soon another thrasher appeared on the wall and looked down upon the others. He began to scrrip and kept this up for 10 or 15 minutes. Another came from the west, climbed a pine and also began to scrrip. There was no song at all. Three or four thrashers were now under the oaks bordering the east side of the lawn, moving about with raised bills and walking stiff-leggedly about each other. One of them began to play hide-and-seek about a bush with no playmate visible to me. The two scrapping thrashers joined the others and became silent. They gradually dispersed and, by 9 o'clock, three birds were in full song: One in the acacia at the east end of the cage; one in an oak at the Nichols house; one in the very top of a tall pine about 50 yards east. This three cornered song lasted about 20 minutes. The bird in the acacia uttered robin, king-bird and grosbeak phrases. This bird came further into the garden and stopped singing; the one in the pine made a long gliding flight to the sage patch, as if to see what had become of the other. Full song shortly came from Neo's special pine. Song now sounded from the south, a hundred or two yards away. The bird in the pine (Thought to be Neo) sailed off to the south west. Three birds could be now heard singing from the south and south west, so I followed up, by car. One was located in a low bush about 200 yards south near a group of small pines (about 10 feet high). Another was in the Scanlon deodor; both singing without cessation. A third was still further south near the Sampson's. I got out and stood 30 feet from the bird in the bush.