rise to fantastic yarns as to how the parents get the young down to the ground). A heavy rain with strong south-east wind commenced early in the forenoon. At 1 P.M. it was still raining. It stopped between four and five. About five I went out to see how the thrashers were faring, Julio having reported about an hour before that they were not in sight. There was a fluttering in c one of the oaks of the glade and Green-eyes dropped to the ground and worked toward me. He was very wet and disconsolate looking. In a few moments Brown-eyes came, dry, all but her tail which again looked like that of an archeopteryx. She was very hungry but had to eat soft food, as I had no worms with me. Green-eyes hovering around on the outskirts, wringing the water out of his feathers, got nothing. I think he expected his mate to repeat her morning's activities. My guess is that Brown-eyes occupied the nest most of the time and remained relatively dry, whereas Green-eyes probably foraged about, as even his head and breast were wet. As soon as Brown-eyes had enough she flew up into a tree and sang, then climbed into the nest and again sang full voice, keeping this up at intervals for several minutes. About ten minutes afterward loudly a thrasher sang from the top of the old oak. I went out to see which one it was as I wish to get further confirmation of Green-eyes' full song. I waited until the bird dove out of the tree, marked the spot where it landed and hurried there. At the point marked was Green-eyes and about thirty feet away was Brown-eyes digging in the open. I am reasonably certain that it was Green-eyes singing--although not positive as he was not in sight during the whole of the dive. From observation of these birds in the nest at arm's length and of the robins today at about ten feet, I believe, that as long as there is a