other of the parents had sought fairly constantly to drive them out. Besides the occasions already noted this morning, one youngster was driven out once and one of the parents scouted through the undergrowth in the glade twice without coming to feed. Between times the young were out of sight somewhere. At 10 No. 2 came and occupied its favorite branch in an old man sage near the food dish, sitting there and dozing, although it was more than usually alert to all sounds. About 10:15, No.1 came in from the outside boldly and flew up into my lap at once, where it proceeded to make a mess of things. It was not until this time that No.2 decided to come out and eat. Something alarmed them after about five minutes and both left. I did not go into the glade again until about 12--no thrashers there. Greenie came soon, caught a yellow-jacket, which he ate after careful preparation, then came and ate soft food from my hand with very little coaxing. He hung around more than he has been doing for some time. After he left and relieved Brownie, she came. None of the young appeared when either of their parents was present. I decided to try keeping soft food at the oval lawn--which I have not been doing--in an effort to establish two thrasher feeding centers. In this way, perhaps, the parents will get their own food there, as it is nearer the nest and more convenient for them, and not drive the youngsters from the glade. During the afternoon I observed the operation of this arrangement and thought I saw some symptoms of its working. In any case there were fewer chases in the glade than in the forenoon and the parents appeared there less often. The young appeared there fairly often, but never more than two at a time. When they did come, they seemed less wary than they were during the morning hours, climbing up on me a number of times even when there was plenty of food for them in the dish on the ground. The last time this happened, when I had no food for them, I was subjected to a pretty thorough exam-