be ready to carry a mouse about as a love-token, I succeeded in getting him to calm down enough (using the red mouse-box as a lure) to accept a mouse. The creature was killed and he wagged his tail sideways (the first time for the cycle), sang twice with it in his bill (another seasonal "first"), considered taking it up into the tree, walked about with it for half a minute uncertainly, but final- ly ate it. He was just on the threshold of full courting behavior. At 11:15 he climbed the pine tree just outside the fence op- posite the kitchen door for the third time and, as I heard Neo scrapping off to the east, I went to investigate. Neo looking for N2? While I was engaged with Rhody, Neo had been singing loudly off to the N.E., frequently using the grosbeak-like whistling phrase characteristic of him. I found him in the sage patch by the glade, ready for food, but rather absent minded and not wanting much. He seemed concerned with matters off to the north and finally headed in that direction on foot, passing through the fence; coming back, again leaving and, finally, heard singing full song in the distance. The evidence pointed to his having lost contact with N2 and being desirous of finding her. Rhody renews his activities. When I went back to the place where Rhody had been, he was not seen or heard; but about noon, he reappeared and renewed his sing- ing and wing-slapping. At 1 o'clock it was still "on the boards". There was now a period of silence, but when I went out again, Rhody was on the fence, slapped his wings again when I spoke to him; sail- ed down and stalked off with tail spread and wings open and held horizontally. Singing now was resumed, but with less frequency. He had calmed down to the point where, at 1:30, preening thoroughly became the order of the day. Rhody retires, but hungry. By 4:30 he was in his house, but cried and came down for meat when Julio appeared on the scene. (54°). Neo reunited with N4. At this same time I was feeding Neo Hamburger at his home place on the bank. He was given worms from the box about an hour before while he was sitting in the honeysuckle and appeared to have remained close by ever since he returned from the north about 1 P.M. At that time his mate was with him, so he had been successful in his quest. White-throated sparrow still here. The white-throated sparrow is still here and is now (4:45) at the feeding station outside the window where he has been almost constantly since he was first seen there. Feb. 8th. (Sunrise 7:09, sunset 5:40). A little early thrasher song off to the N.E. (Cloudy at sunrise time). Neo and mate were home for a short time during the forenoon and he sang a little. In the afternoon they were not accounted for. At 9:30 Rhody was not in his house. (Cloudy, S.E. wind, 55°). He was neither seen nor heard during the forenoon, although frequent- ly looked for. After his yesterday's display of exhibitionism I had anticipated a continuance here and it may be that he was staging his act elsewhere. If so, it must have been far away. As I drove past the west lot a little after 12 o'clock, I saw him sunning his back some distance from the street on the west lot. He did not see me apparently. I stopped and called. He instant- ly responded by looking in various directions to see whence the call came. I now coo-cooed and koke-koked, being careful to keep well