(335) on some of her expeditions has heard them, or it may be that her hearing is more acute than I have thought. I lived for about ten years where mocking-birds were about the grounds constantly, but never observed in them the imitative faculty that this bird possesses, or the striking contrasts between adjoining phrases. 7:15 P.M. The three thrashers were seen at various times during the afternoon. Snooty was keeping himself apart from the others . Between 5 and 6:15 he could not be found. The others were in and about the glade, one or the other at times breaking out into full song for a bar or so. August 15th. At 8:30 both Brownie and Greenie came into the glade to take worms from me. No signs of Snooty any place. Brownie had just had a soaking bath and in her sparsely feathered condition presented a sad spectacle. The pin feathers on her bald spot begin to show conspicuously. The two adults spent most of the time in the glade during the forenoon. Snooty could not be found until after 12 M., when I was about to note that he had probably been driven out at last; but a last look at the oval lawn disclosed him there very shy and alert, but willing to take worms. 6:30 P.M. Snooty was not seen again during the day, but his parents were much in evidence. August 16th. Looking out the window at 6:20 A.M. I saw Snooty at the oval lawn. I went down there in my pajamas, but this unaccustomed spectacle did not daunt him and he came for a worm or two. In a few minutes Greenie also came. When I got back to my room a thrasher was singing an unusually high-pitched song from the trees below. I had not heard this type of song before. Calling from the window (on the west side of the house away from the oval lawn) did not cause the bird to appear. In a few minutes Greenie ( I think it was) came walking around the corner,