of the house (North). N2 went up into the pine behind me and began a long-sustained full song of fine quality. Neo went up into the old oak and occupied the highest stub as his singing post. Each remained in song and location for a half hour or so before shifting to points nearer the other singers. Two other thrashers were quickly located in the pines on the north line--both singers. Neo went to the weather vane of the observ- atory and sang there. He and N2 joined the other two in the pine close to the N. wall of the house. There was climbing back and forth running on the roof, singing and, after a time confused sounds like thoseof the regular convention season, but no evidences of strife. Occasionally a bird would come down to dig and disregard the others. Two more thrashers were next located in the pine near the cage--one a good singer. The other soon came down to dig. There were now 6 accounted for, all here at once. When they finally dispersed Neo and N2 remained. There was no evidence that the others had been driven away. They seemed to leave one at a time voluntarily. Just before this, as indicated, I was testing the same in- dividual birds as on the 24th, on Hamburger, with curious results. The Nuttall sparrow was again absent. All of the birds ate the meat except N2, who would only look at it and run forward only when a worm was tossed to her. For over a year now she has consistently refused meat, whereas Neo accepted it from the first. I wonder why the thrush, the spotted toehee and the golden crown changed their minds so suddenly. Rhody came up for his meat about noon. He is now doing this regularly if he is not given a mouse earlier. He does not like this kind of weather, puffs out his feathers and looks glum, sitting quietly in one spot and not seeming to care whether it is in the dense shade or in some other place where he can get such light as there is. On such a day one would expect him to go to bed early, but Julio found him about 5 o'clock on the way to his house and there gave him a mouse; so he retired after 5 o'clock. January 27th. A little rain during the night and the forenoon (Now 11 A.M.) This did not keep the thrashers from singing, with a tendency for outsiders to collect and sing on the edge of Neo's territory. Rhody as usual. January 28th A rainy day, but with thrasher song. (Spent most of this day working on MS. for the Condor Mg., of observations, last year, on Allen Hummingbird here). "Adventures of Chico". (Road-runner film). Took time out to see the film "The Adventures of Chico; the basic theme of which is the friendship between a young Mexican boy and a Paisano (Road-run- er). If one disregards the false interpretation of the actions of some of the birds, which is necessary to make a sentimental" story", and the ridiculous "sound effect" which is supposed to represent the utterances of the bird in the presence of the boy, we have a truly splendid presentation, though incomplete, of road-runner activities.