(4) edge, forming a shallow box about 2 inches deep. The inside dimensions corresponded with those of a certain tin box, easily obtainable, which served as a mould in which cakes of suet and scratch-feed could be cast of standard size. Over this was placed a movable cover of half inch wire screen to keep the jays and ground squirrels from carrying off the cakes. (See p 215A for photo) A mate arrives. Digging in lawn stops. Walk under my chair. Fear of hawks. Reaction to loud noises. Much to my delight the thrasher found this almost as soon as my back was turned, and on the 22nd. of September (1932), appeared there with a mate. Both of them have been here continuously ever since. (Feb.22, 1933) and almost at once ceased bothering the small grass plot; although they continue to dig elsewhere as vigorously as ever. Within less than a week after I had made their special feeding station, I put my chair along-side of it, one day, to see how they would react to my presence. In a few minutes one of them appeared, ate from the stand, and, on leaving, walked under my chair with little concern. They are, however, much afraid of hawks and are constantly looking up into the sky for them when in the open. Unfortunately their fears are justified, as this place is frequently raided by Cooper and Sharpshinned Hawks, even within a few feet of me; on one occasion, in fact, one flew into my face so that both had to dodge. One day, while sitting with my gun waiting for the return of a sharp-shin that had just raided the bushes about the lawn within 25 feet of me, a ground squirrel came out from the bushes and paused under a pyracantha (Pyracantha Yunnanensis) and paused. In a ceanothus (Ceanothus thrysiflorus) ten feet to the right of him was one of the thrashers, and fifty feet to my right, was the other, digging in the road. This seemed a good time to test the reaction of the birds to a sudden, loud noise, so I shot the squirrel. The thrasher nearest him moved not more than a foot or so and remained perched quietly; the one in the road immediately came running toward me, then Note: Jan 14, 1937. This was Brownie - the other was Greene.