in the open, about a foot from her. She did not discover it for some time, in fact not until I attracted her attention to myself, the snake being between us. She then attacked viciously with wings and tail spread and, for a few seconds, it was a real fight at close quarters, neither giving ground. The snake, however, quit first and made for the fence, with Brownie after him, fiercely raining blows upon him. When he got through the fence, Brownie was satisfied, immediately calmed down to normal, came to me for the worm which I offered as a reward of valor and then went up into the glade where she resumed feeding the young as if nothing had happened. It is to be noted here, that in the second encounter at least, the bird was distinctly the aggressor. The original combat was a thing of the past; and the snake had left the field and the bird had returned to peaceful pursuits away from the field of battle, but it had not forgotten that there had been an enemy near and deliberately went in search of it, and when found, delivered the first attack. During these two episodes, Brownie made no outcry whatever, did not ask for help, as the Spotted Towhees and Robins do, and collected no audience except a Wren-tit, which has a nest about ten feet away from the scene of the disturbance, and myself who was there anyway. Greenie gives youngsters training in self de-fense (?) 2:30 I am inclined to think now that I have misunderstood Greenie's attitude towards the young birds, after watching them for the last 15 minutes or so. Greenie came into the glade about 2 o'clock so thoroughly soaked that he was almost black. When the young ones approached him, he repulsed them, then went off to dry himself. In about 15 minutes he was back again, sleek and full of vitality. He at once attacked one of the youngsters, who stood his ground manfully, and would not retreat. Greenie gave a splendid exhibition of sparring. He would advance to the attack, snap at the younger bird, retreat, advance, circle about him, fly into his face with his own feet in advance of