of them. During the afternoon Mr. Kane visited the place with sixteen boy scouts. Brownie was busy on the nest, so did not come, but two of the young birds came out of the bushes in the glade and I fed them with the spatula in the presence of the boys .(The Wren-Tit on her nest was subjected to the scrutiny of 18 pairs of eyes in succession at a distance of about 2 feet without being disturbed). June 21st. At about 7:45 A.M. I went to the glade. Neither parent was there but all three young birds appeared almost at once and came to me to be fed. They are beginning to show their individualities About 9, Dr. Reynolds with Mr. and Mrs. Harris called to see the thrashers. As they came up the road, Brownie came out of the bushes and jumped up into my hand for worms, much to their delight. After a half hour or so, we went to the glade and Brownie came out of the bushes with her whole family and gave a good exhibition of feeding the young, getting worms from me, etc. One chick develops parental attitude toward others adopting identical mannerisms. About noon I went into the glade--both parents absent--and the three youngsters came to me(-They do not respond to call). One of them is acquiring a parental attitude towards the others. It takes worms from my hand freely, now and then carrying one to one of the others, making the same chuckling sound that the parents made when feeding the young in the nest. It also steps partly in behind often the bird to be fed, just as the parents do and taps the prospective recipient on the head or back to make it "open up". It then holds the worm close to the other's bill,instead of thrusting it down its throat, waiting for the thother to reach forward and take it; which it usually does. This is exactly as Brownie and Greenie feed each other and is different from the behavior noted yesterday. This morning on one occasion, the giver of the worm "asked" for it back again by opening its bill and crouching and,in its turn,reached forward and