(151) during the middle of the day. I saw none at all. I called at the thrasher nest and its occupant, Brown-eyes, came down out of it at once, carrying about 15 worms up to it. At about 7:25 Green-eyes was in the nest, but Brown-eyes silently appeared at my feet and once more filled up her off- spring. When that was accomplished it was too dark to follow the movements of the parents, although there were some incomings and outgoings. When there are young in the nest, after a few day, there is no hesitation in leaving them uncovered from time to time. I suppose this is done when the heat regulating mechanism of the young begins to function. However at present when the young are fully fed for the time being the one of the parents covers them and does not appear to leave until more food is considered to be necessary or until the mate brings food. The parents come to me for food much oftener now than before the: I suppose eggs hatched, naturally, but the amount of such food which they almost eat themselves is, in the case of Brown-eyes at least, negligible as compared with that formerly consumed. Consequently I wonder if she is not really eating less from all sources during this period. I am wondering also if she has not a mild attack of the gout as a result of previous overindulgence in rich occasionally, foods, as, after the last day or two, she has seemed to favor one foot, when standing idly by me, by tucking it up amongs her feathers and standing on one leg. (While at the glade this time a Russet-backed thrush was in the bushes calling its "whit" about 15 or 20 feet away) May 22 At about 8 A.M. one thrasher was on the nest, Green-eyes. A walk about the grounds quietly (so as not to attract the at- tention of Brown-eyes as I wished to call her from some place where she could not see me) failed to disclose her presence anywhere. I assumed that she was down in the thicket to my