9:20 P.M. It did not rain after all, but remained cloudy most of the daylight hours. After his initial livliness Rhody sub- sided and was pretty meek, evidently not liking the gloomy weather. He had two pieces of meat and two mice. The last mouse about 2:40 P.M. There being nothing else to do, he went to bed at 2:55 P.M. and stayed there-house No.2 again. This, I believe, is the earliest record we have for him this autumn. If I did not know from past ex- perience that such behavior is to be expected from him at this time of the year I might think there is something the matter with him. During the day the thrashers were about frequently, but no strangers were seen or heard. Neo accepted worms several times and sang often during the forenoon. His earliest song was about 6 A.M. (5:58). October 9th Clear and mild all day. Max.72°. Thrashers again were heard at abput 6 A.M. and, as far as they were concerned, the day was about the same as yesterday, except that, due to the presence of a hawk, there was a long silent period beginning about 8 A.M. A little earlier (Julio) a hawk was trying to get at the mag- pies and persisted for "half an hour". Rhody was not in his house at 8 A.M. and kept out of sight most of the forenoon, but in the afternoon behaved as usual. He went to NO.2 at 3:20 P.M. and stayed there all night. October 10th. (Sunrise 6:13; sunset 5:41). Thrashrs first heard at 6:10 A.M. No strangers during the day. Neo and mate at home much; occasional song and coming for worms. Rhody was still in his house at 8:20 A.M., but Julio had handed him a mouse with the pole earlier. He was down before 9 and stayed home most of the time. He went to his house NO.2 at 4:10 P.M. (65°)--a day like yesterday. October 11th (Sunrise 6:14; sunset 5:40). There was early thrasher song at home (not timed). Scatter- ing song in various directions until, at 9:30, Neo began to sing from the almond tree a few yars south of the oval lawn. Almost at once answering song came from Brokenwing's territory several hundred yards away and N2, in the bushes at the oval lawn, began to add oc- casional phrases. I stationed myself between the two birds: Neo 20 feet to the south, N2 almost overhead 15 feet away, and tossed a few worms. N2 was the first to respond, followed shortly (reversing the usual order) by the much bolder Neo. When N2 began to work off toward the east slowly, Neo gathered a few worms in his bill, sounded the "blue-bird" call note as he ran toward her carrying the worms. He followed her up into the bushes at the fence at a point 50 feet from me, but I could not see whether he actually gave her the worms or not. In any case, this is a distinct manifestation of marital relationship: the most definite since the nesting cycle expired some months ago, and further confirming the evidence afforded by Brownie and his two mates, that thrashers remain paired throughout the year (probably also for life). Rhody was already down from his house at 7 A.M. and was given