(208) to be soon joined by Brownie; but as there was no food in sight they adjourned to the bushes. I note that the "yellow rubber hinges" of their beaks are now almost the color of their parents'. On taking my position on the ground, Brownie and the three youngsters came out promptly and all had a good feed, Brownie retiring to the oak to talk to herself, the young remaining to do sun-fits and to dig under each other and peck at their toenails. (Took from 75½ to 97, i.e. 21½ feet of film--the camera running down--1" lens, set at f/8, dis. abt. 10') As the birds are now getting easier to control and there is a better chance to group them, I hope to use a 4" telephoto on them at about 10' and get larger images. 1:07 One youngster came out by himself to where I sat, without urging. This is shown from 97 feet to the end. After feeding he picked up the crumbs and ate them, showing that they can feed themselves now, if food is available and recognizable. When Brownie wishes to eat soft food out of the dish, if the wooden spatula is in it, she invariably seizes it with her bill and throws it away. The meal worms are no longer necessary, as all five birds eat and like the soft food, but I can get the adults to and certainly come more quickly with the worms and can "spot" them more accurate- ly for a picture if I use them. Greenie is outside the glade somewhere now a good part of the time, Brownie doing about all of the feeding and very little food is brought in by the parents from the outside when I am about. At 4 o'clock I went to the glade and sat down in the little cove. Almost at once the three young thrashers came to me and I started to feed them. Brown-eyes then appeared from the opposite direction, a large part of her work consisting in watching me feed each bird and then picking up what I dropped and seeing that it reached the proper destination. Green-eyes then came and circled about the