1604 Rhody elected to stay home until about 4 P.M., doing the usual thing, which is: nothing. Neo and N2 could be found at their place on the south bank at almost any time during the day. Neo's growing habit of sticking close to me when I sit down is giving his mate a better chance to get her share of the food and she is showing increasing confidence. A road-runner on Skyline Blvd. About 1 P.M. I went up to the new extension they are building on the Skyline Boulevard to see if I could catch sight of a road- runner in that territory, Dr. Reynolds having reported seeing one there some weeks ago. At a point 1.6 miles from where the road turns off into Redwood Canyon a road-runner crossed in front of the car, stopped about 25 yards away when I called and stopped the car. He seemed to listen respectfully when I coke-coked and coo-cooed, but evidently he could not understand my foreign accent as Rhody does, fo he would not reply! He went on about his business and, a few minutes later, about 400 yards farther along the road I saw another one (or perhaps the same one) foraging and getting results. He also refused to respond to my conversational efforts. On my return here about 3 P.M. Rhody and the thrashers were quickly located. (62° in court, 68° in Clearing. Almond trees in full bloom in the Leona Heights district). Jan. 27th. There was little early thrasher song nearby and Neo and N2 were not seen here at all during the whole day. The morning was overcast and chilly; but the afternoon was sun- y and warm. There was much distant thrasher song, principally to the south. I went down to investigate and found Brokenwing, all alone, singing in a patch of willows in the lot behind the Hershey house. This seems to be his present singing post and he sings almost continuously nearly all day. At one time three thrashers could be distinguished in song in the canyon to the west. Rhody was not at his post at 8:30; but was at 9:30. Instead of singing for me, he dropped to the street, inspected two cars and hurried on ahead of me to the orchard. He as given meat there. He is temporarily enamoured of the same bush by the apricot and perched there for several hours, singing but rarely. (Perhaps four times). On one of my visits to him he cried (whined) for food and was given a mouse. He went to his ladder tree at 4:10 P.M. (60° in court) but so slow about moving on to his house that I got disgusted and left him. Jan. 28th. (Sunrise 7:17, sunset 5:27). Some rain fell during the night and the forenoon was cloudy with occasional light showers. No thrasher song was heard at this place during the forenoon and Neo and N2 were not locatable. However, Brokenwing sang persist- ently from his territory. Rhody was not to be found anyplace either up to 2 P.M. At noon loud thrasher song was heard toward the glade. I went there, the song ceased and Neo came running along the path to me to get food, approaching from the rear--my first intimation of his ap- proach being the sound of his running feet. When I stopped the worm supply he went down on the bank and sang continuous under-song as he slowly wandered about. 5 or 10 minutes of this and he climbed up into