avoid any appearance of pursuing him and weakening his confidence in me, I found another way out and left him in command of the field! (50°). Weather. There is nothing to indicate that there is to be any change in the weather conditions for some time. Feb. 13th. (Sunrise 7:03, sunset 5:46). Note the sudden, apparent increase of 4 minutes in the length of the day since yesterday. Presumably the reporter is getting rid of some accumulated fractions of minutes. Rain again during the night and, in the morning it was seen that the sou'easter had come back again. Now is the time for the man in the street to say: "The climate is changing..........." A little early song (in the rain) in the direction of Neo's home area. He was not there (or did not respond to call) at 9:30. This area is exposed to the full force of southerly winds and it is perhaps significant that, despite the extremely unfavorable con- ditions which have prevailed there during the past 17 or 18 days, he has persisted in remaining there a great part of the time during daylight hours, notwithstanding the fact that he is fully acquainted- ed with much more sheltered spots close at hand. His being fed there more often than at other places, no doubt, has something to do with his preferences, but he had already selected that place before we became acquainted. It was also a place much liked by Brownie and he built three nests there and Neo himself (as the notes show) has in- dulged in nest-building preliminaries there, and frequently summons his absent mate (?) to join him there. Consequently it would appear that it is regarded as a suitable nest location; so if he succeeds in holding his mate and if the "unusual" weather conditions do not cause him to seek elsewhere, the continuity of thrasher nesting with- in the property lines may be restored, despite Brownie's demise. From about noon until near sunset (or as often as I looked him up) Neo was at his home place, responding to invitations to come and have worms and meat, and occasionally singing. Rhody, disregarding weather as he is doing at present, was singing about 9:30 A.M., near the north fence and was given a mouse by Julio. During the afternoon the storm increased in intensity, the sou'easter gathering renewed strength. I found Rhody in his house at 3:30. He had not been there on earlier visits. A deviation in R's acceptance of food while in his house. At 4:20 I placed a piece of meat on the edge of the nest he built in his house last year and he ate small pieces off of it and then, to my surprise, he took the whole piece in his bill and sailed down to the street with it. Why he did not eat it in his house as usual, is not clear. Unfortunately I did not follow up to see what ultimate disposition he made of it--raining too hard--but the thought occurred to me at the time that he did not want the meat and that he was scavenging the nest. This thought recurred more strongly when, at 5:30, Julio reported that he had given Rhody a mouse in his house at 5 P.M. and it had been promptly eaten; consequently I went down and made a search all about the place where Rhody had land- ed with the meat just before, but could find nothing. (But see last paragraph of next page). Feb. 14th. (Sunrise 7:02, sunset 5:47). There were squalls during the night, accompanied by heavy rain. About 7 A.M. Neo (?) was singing full song close to the house on the west: an area which he has been neglecting the past few days.