(238) for their last meal of the day in and about the berry patch and the lath houses and Brownie digging by herself some distance away. One of the young thrashers flew down to me from the top of a small lath house and the others finally gathered around me for food. Brownie came and showed hostility toward them, attacking one so strongly that it flew up into a pine tree. She did not feed any of them. I think, therefore, that this morning marks the beginning of Brownie's decision to leave them more to their own resources, although at about 7:45 she did exercise some supervision over their selection of roosting places and repelled a few intruders. June 26th, At 7:45 A.M. all the youngsters gathered about the dish of soft food which I placed for them in the glade. One of them does (7w1x) not seem to be so strong as the others. The cheeky one jumped up on my knee for worms and when I pressed upward on its breast with my extended forefinger to make it jump up on it, responded readily. It was almost impossible to give worms to the others as this one repeat- edly intercepted them and did not offer any of them to its mates as on earlier occasions. 11:25 ( I notice the little bathing pool in the upper court is meant muddy. This has always-so far that robins are nesting. Yesterday there was a new batch of spotted young robins about. I do not know whether they are from Robin Nest No. 2. If so, perhaps these birds are building a third nest. I notice also, what appear to be fresh scars in the Helixine (?) surrounding the pool. If they are fresh, it means robins getting mud). About 12 M. while the young thrashers were eating from my hand, one of them walked up my sleeve to my shoulder, pecking all the way. As I was expecting a tap on the back of the neck, a robin flew overhead and the youngster made for the bushes. 7:30 P.M. The young thrashers, at roostig time are without parental