Thrasher Films 1933 (Cont.) Takes one sip. Looks for hawk. Does mild sun-fit and preens again. One youngster comes out. She feeds him. I offer food as she stands an dish, but she jumps to my hand and looks at me. Jumps off. Reel ends. Reel 6. 100 ft. June 9-12, pp. 203-8. Scene 1. Opens in same cove with one youngster. I give him food on spatula while Brownie comes and watches. He backs off. Brownie takes food from spatula and gives to him. Scene 2. Brownie jumps to hand and eats; then eats from food dish. Takes food to one youngster. She looks up at me, returns to food dish. Scene 3. Same location. Brownie looking under a rock where I have put a worm. Gives up. I put another under rock (not shown) and Brownie returns before I take my hand away. I point to rock, [illegible]with my hand and talk to her. she looks up at me questioning- and takes no action. (I really want her to show how she turns rocks over). I touch rock and she returns. I point at it repeatedly. She seems to try to understand; looks under it, digs and gets the worm. She leaves. Scene 4. Same location. Brownie feeding one young bird, getting food from me. I offer him food on spatula; he backs off. Brownie comes --three young birds now. We conduct joint feeding operations. One youngster uses his foot to stretch a wing out to its full extent. Brownie eats. More joint feeding. I feed young direct, Brownie picking up the crimps. She intercepts food on way to young. Everybody is well fed. Roll ends. Reel 7. 100 ft. June 14-16, pp. 213-215. Scene 1. Same location. Begins Brownie eating from soft- food dish. Then four thrashers in the picture (B. and 3 young). I feed young. B. comes to dish and throws out spatula; I replace it and she throws it out again. I replace it; she eats heartily and does not throw it out. Scene 2. Shifts to close up-of Brownie eating from dish held in my hand, then soft food from hand, then digging it out be- tween fingers Scene 3. Telephoto of Brownie at the original thrasher feeding stand at the oval lawn eating suet and scratch-feed. Takes suet to young not in view and comes back. Scene 4. Same subject with 1" lens (smaller image), to show a thrasher running to me. She runs to me and one young bird appears. She takes worm from box; I cover box and "shoo" her away to show her running in opposite direction. She comes back, eats more and is shooed away again. Scene 5. Brownie and youngster in same setting in front of me. I feed him and test reaction to teasing--he shows no fear. Brownie comes and eats again. (Wren-tit on stand. Scene 6. Greenie comes out and digs in lawn. Film ends. Reel 8 100ft. July 14and 15, 18 and 20. pp.271, 272, 279, 283, 284. (A fuzzy reel throughout but kept on account of its rare subject) Scene 1 Brownie and gopher snake. Brownie pecks him; I let him go. She hunts for him. I get him again.(not shown). Brownie reappears and turns job over to Greenie, who was not known to be near. Greenie chases him into flower bed and looks for him.