longer Mr. Carter's, the new occupants having bought it, now came out and I was introduced as one who "studied birds together" with Dr. Rit- ter. (I hope he will not mind if he hears it). The name escapes me at the moment, but this young and very attractive lady, begged to be told all about the local birds so that she could instruct the Girl Scouts under (it seems) her jurisdiction.(Some time in the futur While this was going on I lost track of thrasher activities, but did see that Neo had joined the two in the pine and that there seemed to be no conflict amongst them. They were now virtually over our heads. The ladies were late for some engagement and the birds appeared to have dispersed when I was able to direct my attention to them again. As compared with what I have called the "Conventions" of earlier months this gathering called forth song of higher average quality: less confused, with less "talk". January 20th. A dull day with considerable thrasher song in marginal ter- ritory: three birds being concerned. I brought the Grinnell's over to hear this fine example of varied thrasher song of high quality, but when we got here, there was almost complete silence, and so it remained until I returned from having taken the G's home again! For the last two days Rhody has spent a considerable portion of his afternoons in an acacia on the bank bounding the south side of the "Clearing", opposite the Scamell house, and has not been heard to sing. At midday he has come up for meat at the cage and both days slept in No.1. January 21st. (Sunrise 7:22; sunset 5:20). A dull, chilly morning up to about 10:30, when it cleared and became warm. There was thrasher song in the early morning and, at 9:30 I went to the sage patch where I entertained the two thrashers, the hermit thrush, the spotted towhee and a golden crowned sparrow that, on this occasion at least, seems to have supplanted the Nuttall. As showing the individuality of birds, it is interesting to note that only certain individuals of the species mentioned come to me for worms and then, with the exception of the thrashers, only one bird of each kind. Neo again showed his nesting reflex by picking up and drop- ping twigs. By getting him on one side of me and his mate on the other, I was able to stuff the latter pretty well--a difficult feat with Neo on hand and the thrush, and the towhee and the golden-crown watching every move closely just out of arm's reach. My success with N2 brought an unexpected reward, for when she was pretty well sat- ified, she held one of the worms in her bill as if undecided what to do with it, then ran into the sage where Neo was waiting patiently for his turn and, although I was unable to see either bird (only about 6 feet away) there followed the rapidly uttered cluckings made by the thrasher when offering food to a youngster that does not open up promptly. This is the first action of this sort witnessed on the part of N2. Rhody was now found on the west lot and given worms. About 10:30 he began to sing and wanted nothing from me. About noon I went down to him again and he renewed song. I sat down about 7