been too intent upon higher affairs to regard his personal comfort. As far as known, also, he had not eaten. I now left for lunch. At 1:15 he was glimpsed, without the mouse, near his post on the west lot, headed for the roost tree. I went down there. He was at one of his stations in the tree. I waited to see if he would go to his house to rest after all this expenditure of nervous energy, but it soon developed that that formed no part of his present plans, for he moved about the tree off his regular route, hrooing softly, looking and listening and occasion- ally pulling at twigs. When he came down he began to pick up twigs, look up into trees and drop the twigs. He soon "remembered" his old nest in tree 8 (Map 1313A) went up into it and examined its interior closely in a very animated way. He came part way down and began to break off small branches 4 or 5 feet from my hand, then sailed out into the open with it, dropped it and fell to sunning his back. (1:35 P.M.). I then left, and made no further effort to keep track of him. At 3:20, while I was listening to Neo singing overhead in a pine tree, a loud rattle-boo close to me gave me a start. Rhody was home again and demanding attention, so I moved toward the tool- house, knowing what he wanted, but he beat me there and was waiting for me. This mouse also received full honors, but was eaten in 20 minutes. Rhody now sat in the same bush where he was this morning until 4:10, when he left for the west lot, dusting at his usual place just outside the gate. Neo was home most of the day and sang much. His mate was with him only part of the time. About 10 A.M. when I was feeding him she surprised me by running to me for worms from a distance of 50 feet and entirely in the open, taking worm after worm at about 6 feet from me. This was the tamest she has been to date. Feb. 16th. For some reason or other Rhody did not sing at all today. At 9:10 A.M. he was on top of the Scamell house and would make no response whatever to any of my best efforts. An hour later he was still there as I drove by. About 11:30, during my absence, he came home, refused meat offered by Julio and insisted upon having a mouse, which he treated with full honors and carried about; but he did not sing. At 1:10 I saw him coming down from the eucalyptus tree where he roosted temporarily and began to fuss with twigs only to abandon them. I could see that he had placed at least one twig in the house, so it may be that he will build a nest there. I gave him a small piece of meat. I was absent until about 4 P.M. At 4:20 I looked up Rhody, finding him part way up the ladder tree on his way to his house. As soon as he saw me, he cried. (He was going to bed hungry). He came down at once and was given a mouse, which he ate without display, resuming his upward journey through the tree almost immediately. (57° in clearing, 51° in court, clear, calm). The storm, which brought rain on 19 consecutive days, was the longest since records were started in San Francisco. Neo and N2 were home most of the day, singing little and showing no nest-building reactions.