long to get all three of the little tanks(for there are defi- nitely three) filled up, whereupon Brown-eyes started eating the worms herself and,after that the bran a food that she has always scorned heretofore, thus showing that she was really hungry as previously stated. I said to her:"That is not food fit for [illegible] thrashers, come down and I will give you something you like". I then went down to the chair and Brown-eyes came down also to get a good meal of soft food. After this she stood on the ground at my feet--on one leg--all puffed up and apparently satisfied,except that her foot or her leg evidently pained her. Green-eyes remained on the nest hovering the young. I find-- or think I do--that if I talk to these birds while they are near me,that they are more at ease. It is worthy of note also, that while the birds were taking the worms out of the box while up in the tree, they merely stirred the bran about to uncover the [illegible] worms, instead of scraping it out violently and throwing out worms . 5:55 10 minutes ago I went into the glade without calling. Brown-eyes soon appeared out of the bushes and ate a little soft food uttering little high-pitched squeaks that sounded like: "Meaning me?" and might readily have fitted into our conversation in those exact words. She jumped up quickly when I showed her some worms and went up to the nest, where I found she had given a part of them to Green-eyes who was standing over the nestlings with them in his bill. They watched me [illegible] parting the branches then fed the young with the worms which they already had; then Brown-eyes took more from the box which I held by the nest, Green-eyes taking some from her. These they fed and both settled on the nest,seeming satisfied to let matters stand as they were, so I departed. As before, the adults seemed to hold a conversation as to best ways and means to