distinguishing marks, if any. Shaping nest. On returning about 11:15, one bird was in the nest shaping it. Brown-eyes had a meal of soft food from my hand, and when she had had enough, Green-eyes came and took worms from my hand freely; but when offered soft food, would only pull my fingers. He acts as if he were puzzled as to what it is that Brown-eyes finds so attractive in my hand when it is perfectly evident to him that there are no worms there. G.E. drinks Green-eyes drank out of the bird-bath for the first time in my pres- ence. He did not jump into the middle of it, but stood on the edge and did not immerse his bill so deepl at the base as his mate does. I hope that this is Green-eyes' final recognition of the fact that he might just as well join the family circle as continue snoop- ing around on the outskirts of it, wondering what his mate find so at- travtive. Possibly he has reached the conclusion that, if everything goes well, there will shortly be a tremendous strain on the thrasher Commissariat, and that it is the part of wisdom to make contact and establish credit with purveyors of food supplies without further delay. "Sun-fitting" described. 1 P.M. I went to the low bank which bounds the glade to the south where it is warm and sunny. Although I did not call, the thrashers soon came out of the brush. Green-eyes commenced a long "sunfit". Brown-eyes came to where I was squatting on the ground, took a few worms, then remained within reach and, for several minutes, also "sun- fitted". In doing this they turn sidewise to the sun, cock one eye at it, open their beaks wide, stand their feathers on end so that the skin and the oil gland can be seen, and, while keeping both feet upon the ground, turn over on their sides away from the sun, gasp and raise the wing on the sunward side. They keep leaning farther and farther away from the sun, sometimes losing traction with one foot and falling completely over on to one side. Meanwhile they pant, flutter the nictitating membrane and seem on the verge of dissolution.