(163) These birds will never abandon a lost worm without having first search made a thorough for it, even when they know there are plenty more right at hand. Thus Brown-eyes when, standing on my hand, will often jump down to the ground to get a worm accidentally dropped and then return to my hand for more. At other times she will mark the location of the dropped worm and either get it on her way to the nest or the first thing on her return. A worm that has been unsuccessfully searched for and apparently definitely abandoned will often be looked for again several minutes after it was lost in the first place. In this way, they lose practically no worms. As previously noted, also, they will pick up the crumbs of soft food dropped while eating from my hand even though there is still a plentiful supply remaining in it. Cain About 11:15 Mr. Kane came to take movies of the thrashers. Brown-eyes was very much disturbed by the presence of so many people in the glade (four, including myself) and did not want to come out of the brush, while with Mr. Kane, a few minutes before, as the sole witness besides myself, she was hardly nervous at all. She finally came out but preferred to keep me between the camera and herself and when she did came was very fearful of the noise made by the camera, retreating, without getting all the worms she needed. Also as the camera was just below the nest, she was fearful of going up to feed the young, but finally did so and stayed there. When Mr. Kane mounted the ladder and parted the branches to get a shot of her on the nest, she was still more frightened and when he reflected light on her she fled in panic, to return to the tree, however where she showed the greatest anxiety for her brood. All her actions were in marked contrast with her actions when she is perfectly easy with me alone. All the little nuances of behavior were missing. An hour or so afterwards I went out alone,