(264) she had gone and did not return. 7:30 I was about to note at 7 o'clock that the young thrashers had not been seen all day, for the first time; but decided to have a last look in the glade. As I entered there were two thrashers there, near the food dish. One chased the other a little way and came to me. It was Brownie. The other began to approach me and Brownie dashed at it, but it ran underneath me as I crouched low to the ground and either stayed there or else so close to me that I could not see it. My strat- egy was to get Brownie loaded with worms and then shoo her off to the nest before she remembered about the other bird. This worked perfectly and I found the youngster was right behind me within reach and quite willing to take worms from my hand. It was not Cheeky, the tamest one, but one of the others--I think Sleepy--but am not sure. I think another youngbird was also there, but am not sure of this either. I went to the shop to prepare some soft food and on my return the youngster was not in sight; but I found either him or another one near the berry patch. This one was rather shy, but finally came and ate both worms and soft food. Then looked for a roosting place. There was another thrasher also on the same errand in an adjoining tree, but I could not tell whether it was a young bird or not. I think there is a possibility that the young birds may at least return to their accustomed roosting places here for a time, even though scattered dur- ing the day time. After this episode I filled the dish in the glade with soft food and saw near the dish a tuft of thrasher feathers which had evidently all been pulled out at the same time. So somebody "landed" fairly successfully on somebody else very recently. July 9th. 8:45 A.M. Brownie has just entered the room with no other invitation than my showing myself outside the window and then sitting at this typewriter. She jumped up onto the table and then onto this sheet, but she did not like the noise made by the paper. However, she was right back again on the key-board, to get her worms.