(198) they leave the nest, although it appears as if Greenie attends to more of them . (Dr. Reynolds says there is a nest of young California jays next door (to him. That would be about 250 yards from here and that within the (past few days he has seen California Jays robbing Brown towhee's nest). A t ll o'clock all the young were easily located. Greenie is finding that he can relieve the strain a lot by coming to me and not being so standoffish. This time when he saw me, he began "scripping" at once, ran to me quickly and jumped up on to my hand, taking worms from the box just like his mate, except that he scripped all the time. I hope to be able to get both of these birds on my hand at the same time and get a movie of them, but do not know if it will be possible. I hope also that the young ones will eventually come to me and, naturally if I can get all five birds together at the same time and get a picture of them I shall be delighted. Brownie soon learned that the side to side sweep of her bill is not always effective when used in the worm box, so now, as the box is circular, has developed a rotary, stirring motion to uncover the last worms that lurk under the bran in the [illegible] angle that is form- [illegible] where the bottom meets the sides. As the thrasher sideways sweeping motion is a definitely fixed characteristic in searching for food, it seems to me that this indicates pretty fair ability to adapt intelligently herself, to an entirely new set of conditions. intelligentlyxxx 2;30 Have just seen Brownie eating a toadstool, apparently with great relish. I think it was the fruiting body of the oak root fungus. 7:00 P.M. Brownie is still alive and happy, so the toadstool is presumably harmless. About six I located all of the young birds, both Brownie and Greenie getting food from me to feed them. One of them that was in convenient reach, I fed with soft food. He showed no sign of fear. If they would only stay where I could reach them there would be no difficulty in taming them completely, as they are already tamer than any other free, wild fledglings I have ever seen. They