out of sight in the car. He appeared unable to locate me, although he walked about quite evidently looking for me, and I drove on. So, like human beings, and like Brownie in the matter of locating his young from their calls(as recorded herein) Rhody is not infallible in determining from what direction proceed sounds such as are pro- duced by his own tribe--although it must be admitted that, in the present instance, the sounds were inexact reproductions. A few minutes later I called him from the fence, using the same sounds. He could see me now and, furthermore, he is used to being called from that direction. He now responded (as he had not just before) by lowering his head and singing. When he was "good and ready" he came and took a large piece of Hamburger from hand. Now it was noted that, for the first time in many months, he repeated the "polite" behavior first observed when he was brooding his young and had already given them enough food (See notes of the time). That is, he reached forward took hold of the meat very gently and waited for me to let go before withdrawing with it in his bill. There may be some special significance in the recurrence of this behavior at this time, now that his mating impulses are coming to the fore. He wanted no more food from me for the rest of the day. About 4:30 he was found at the ladder tree. He was tense and watch- ful, but accepting me as a something that could be safely ignored. All the way up through the tree he took great care to assure himself that there was nothing hostile in the line of his advance. At 4:42 he leaped to the roost tree, but even there, 3 feet from his house, h did not relax. It was 6 minutes more before he entered. I had seen no hawks, but thought I heard two horned owls calling antiphonally in the canyon below. But of that I am uncertain. However, these birds are here at night, at present. Feb. 9th. (Sunrise 7:08, sunset 5:41). Heavy rain during the night; blustery with strong S.E. winds during the forenoon, with occasional showers. At about 8 o'clock a little thrasher song was heard from the direction of Neo's home loafing place, but at 9 o'clock he could not be found there. At 9:45 Rhody was not in his house, but soon came trotting happily down the trail through the brush that I had just traversed and claimed his mouse. He still was not over the threshold. There was no ritual of any kind and the mouse was devoted to strictly util- itarian purposes. After staying with me a few minutes companionably he trotted off up the trail again and disappeared in the thicket. There was no intention on his part to sing; so after waiting a few minutes, I koke-koked and he responded with song. It was then seen that he was standing at the verge of the bank below, looking off to the west. (55° in court, 55° in Clearing. Wind of gale force, cloudy. As the sun is obscured, the equality of temperatures exemplifies the effect of turbulence in causing uniformity of temperatures). 2:30 P.M. This is, I believe, the strongest wind during the nearly 11 years I have been at this place. The power service has, also for the first time in that period, failed. 2 P.M. Power still off, wind shifting more toward the west; sun appearing intermittently,