causing him to return? Also will he stick it now? 6:05. Well, he did not. He is in No.1. October 7th. (Sunrise 6:10; sunset 5:45). Thrasher song first heard at 6:00 A.M. From then on Neo sang in the garden continuously for over an hour. It then became quiet except for occasional bursts of song. At 9 A.M. I found him digging near the east fence. He came promptly for worms. N2 could now be heard scrapping near the oval lawn about 100 yards away. Neo now began to call in rich, varied phrases while still at my feet getting worms and digging. N2 would not come, so Neo left on foot to look her up, still calling. They met at the old oak; climbed it and Neo began to sing while N2 sat 2 or 3 feet from him and occasionally joined in song, using phrases differing from his. In 15 minutes they sailed down to the orchard. 4:20 P.M. Both thrashers seemed to remain at home most of the day and Neo was given worms several times. Rhody was not seen until 1:50 P.M. when he came to the cage to get his meat. A short rest and he began his teasing of the magpie with beak-rattlings, display, etc. His rattlings were both with and without voice. This lasted for more than an hour. A quail was in the cage at the same time, having been there since early morning. Rhody discovered it in the bushes; gazed at it for a time; ignored it thereafter. The quail was not much frightened either of him or me, and ate in the cage in the open. When Rhody left I drove it out. At 3:15 P.M. Rhody was lying in his house No.2. I'll bet he finally goes to No.1! 4:50. He is still there. (60°). Cloudy. 5:40 " " " 6:15 " " " (Looks as if I lose my bet). 10:55 " " " I lose. Will pay Rhody in mice! 56° He wanted no mice during the day. Evidently the two pieces of meat, together with the results of his own foraging, proved suf- ficient for his needs. October 8th. 9:20 A.M. (Cloudy, looking as if it might rain any minute). At 9:10 A.M. I found Rhody just coming down from house No.2. He wanted nothing from me, although he followed part way to the tool house. On the driveway he began to make frivolous gestures: full of pep. He next stretched out his neck horizontally and stared fixedly northward; then, like a streak, he ran in the direction of the cage, sailed over the fence and began one of his rattle-booing circuses through the baccharis on the north slope, in and around a flock of about 20 quail feeding there. They did not seem to mind it much. He now composed himself to saunter about leisurely and I came in to make this record. I could see no reason why he should appear so happy at this time of day, when he had apparently just arisen and had had no food; so I questioned Julio and found that he had "handed" Rhody a mouse on the end of a long pole about 7 A.M., while he was still in bed, and that he had watched and found that Rhody had not come down until I saw him doing so. This accounted for the bird's light-heartedness and spirit of exhibitionism. Rhody stays in house 2 for about 18 hours. It will be seen that he remained in his house 5 minutes less than 18 hours and appears to be repeating last year's pat- tern of the season.