Feb. 17th. R starts nest in 10:00 A.M. (Clear, calm). No song heard from Rhody up to now; house in but, at 9:15 he was busily engaged in carrying twigs up to the house eucalypt in the eucalyptus and placing them carefully inside! He wanted no us tree. food. So he is off again. Previous to this, at 8:25, both Neo and N2 were fed liberally at their home place. Both like soft-food, but only Neo, at present, is really fond of Hamburger. There has been no full song this morning At 10:30 Rhody was no longer working and I turned my attentio to the thrashers again. N2, in absence of Neo, has a good feed. I him off to the east. His absence made it possible for me to give N2 a good feed and advance somewhat in her good graces. I now went to look up the bird to the east, as he could now be heard plainly. When I left N2 she climbed a tree and began scrapping, presumably to call Neo. I located the other thrasher about 50 yards east of the east fence. Calling vocally made no apparent impression on him, but when I whistled Brownie's "purple-one-two-three" call, he flew toward me at once. I now lead the way toward the still scrapping N2 , fed Neo there; he began talking; N2 stopped scrapping and I left them together. Rhody was now discovered lurking near the tool-house and he followed promptly for a mouse, which he received gratefully with bows, hroos and tail-waggings. He then started on his rounds with it: To the cage, to the mirror, to the Scamell window. As I drove down the street at 11:30 he rushed across in front of the car to the west lot, still carrying the mouse. R, though hungry, ready to retire. As I drove by the west lot at about 4 P.M. Rhody happened to be there. I spoke to him through the window and could see him lower his head and cry, but he was too far away to be heard. Apparently he had been prepared to go to bed hungry again, so I came home, got meat and mouse, went to the Clearing, called and he came running; flew over the fence and was perfectly satisfied with the meat; after a significant glance at the red box containing the invisible mouse and one rattle-boo. As a test, I now offered him the mouse; but Rhody is not greedy and was not now interested in it.(Cloudy). R not greed-y. R works on nest(?) in tree 8. I think he must have worked again on the nest in tree 8 as it seems to be larger and better shaped. If so, this will be the third year that it has had his attention. (Or rather, since he has already inspected it this year--the third year that he has added to it). I am not certain whether-he has done any more work on the new nest in the eucalyptus house since this morning. Feb. 18th. (Sunrise 6:58, sunset 5:51). A new storm with rain and strong S.E. wind began last night late. (This will probably establish some other "record"). The white-throated sparrow (9:20 AM.) is feeding outside the window. He has been seen every day since he was first ob- served. Only one has been seen at a time. At 9:30, despite the rain, Rhody was not in his house, nor had he been heard singing. At 11:30 Julio was met by him on the "inside passage" and gave him meat. At 4:30 he still was not home and could not be found.