(245) 4 months of nest building activities, laying, incubating and feeding to me young it is somewhat surprising to see the plumage of the adults in such good condition, although they spend a good deal of time on it when their various necessary activities will permit. I have not seen any of the birds, old or young, eat fruit of any kind. They have had plenty of opportunity to get it on the trees and bushes and I have offered it to them repeatedly. In the latter instance, they have merely turned it over with their bills. By this time, these observations were consolidated, they would probably aggregate several thrasher-days, and in all that time I have yet to any thrasher use a foot in digging or scratching the earth or moving any object whatever, except that it does scratch itself, of course, and in stretching out a wing toward the ground as birds do, it will use a foot to push out the wing to its full extent--also as other birds do. Again today I noticed the fly crawl under the young bird's feathers and disappear without action from the bird. About 4:30 I took a visitor into the glade when I was not properly equipped with food, and as luck would have it, all three youngsters ran to my feet at once and one of them flew up and clung to my arm as I stood there. I had to call to Julio to bring grub at once so as not to disappoint them. During this period, Greenie appeared and the young birds took refuge behind my chair and watched him for a time, then emerged to find that he was not really savage. For the last two or three days, the parents have eased up on their hectoring, but the youngsters are not quite certain of their good faith. They do not tease for food and are not offered any. June 30th. About 8 A.M. I went to the glade; not a thrasher in sight and no indications of their presence. After whistling and calling, the young ones began to appear until all were present eating from the