(242) began digging in desultory fashion. As far as I could see, she ran with no particular object in view, about .100 yards, doing practically nothing when she reached her destination--another human characteristic, particularly American. June 29th. About 8 A.M. when I entered the glade with a fresh food supply, there were no young thrashers in sight. All three, however, soon came from various directions to eat soft food from the dish, the tamest one requiring worms very soon. With one of the worms in its bill it started a game of tag through the bushes, chasing the other two . This seemed to be the wrong way around. When I tossed another worm into the chase, this same bird got it and continued to be "it". This kept up for several minutes, at the end of which time they quieted down, the same bird still had the worms, which it then proceeded to gulp down in one swallow. About 10 Brownie came off shift, went to the glade for soft food, came out of it to me for worms, then up to the berry patch for a bath in the Indian mortar. The water in this is deep, so she got a good soaking, then went up into the lower branches of a pine to dry, about 15 feet from me. Knowing that they like to dry themselves on the ground in the sun and that Brownie seems to like company, I selected a spot nearby which was just the kind she likes and sat on the ground awaiting results, without calling or displaying food. As I had hoped, but did not really expect, she dropped down at my feet and for the next 15 minutes or so dried and preened from two to six feet from me. After everything was dry but her tail, she jumped up for worms and then went about her business. During this time no birds came for fruit from the berry patch, but within a radius of 25 feet from me during this interval there appeared the following birds: Several Wrentits, Two Green-backed goldfinches gathering nesting material, Four Anna Hummers, two being juveniles whom their parents were feeding,