(10) visitor before. The thrashers appeared among the bushes at the far side of the lawn 25 or 30 feet away. The intervening space is one of those that they most dislike to cross, as it is subject to hawk raids. The Sharp-shins occasionally hide in the surrounding bushes and trees and the thrashers seldom venture across it without previous careful inspection and then only with obvious trepidation. Consequently I usually do not put them to this test.+ However, my friends were naturally curious to see what would happen if I tried to get the birds to come and although it usually takes a lot of coaxing to get them to traverse this particular region, the female came immediately and without hesitation when I attracted her attention, walked calmly underneath the foot of one man, who had his legs crossed and took the worm from my hand. On Feb. 11th. she took a worm from Mr. Sampson the first time he had ever tried to interest her, although he had on a shiny slicker of which she was somewhat suspicious. She had, however, seen him with me a number of times before. Food eaten On Feb. 12th., I tried her out on the food which is given to caged soft-billed birds (Crissel? food?) and the adult beetles of which the meal worm is the larva; both of these she took readily. Worms are swallowed whole, but beetles are hammered on the ground first. Nesting signs? About this time the thrashers began to show increased interest in twigs, and once or twice were seen to run up into the old oak with them and disappear amongst the thick foliage. I looked, but found nothing. New behavior On Feb. 18th., Mr. Sampson and I looked for them in the glade and found them up in the old oak--an unusual place for them. They came down for worms, returning immediately to the tree. New behavior. February 19th. About 8 A.M. I went out to have a good look into the thick foliage + Ap. A- Note 2.