(350) About 9 A.M. Snooty was taking a bath in the upper court as I stepped out of the dining room door, but he deserted it to run to me for worms, taking all I had and then going back to complete his bath. About 10 he was down in the orchard and when I sat on a wall by the path, he came from about 40 feet away, jumped up on to the wall beside me and then on to my hand--his greatest show of confidence to date. After getting the worm there he pecked my hand and my coat sleeve and eyed me curiously. His ruff is quite distinctive and his eye color is unchanged. about 20 I got cut-worms out of the small moss lawn (Arenaria Caespitosa) by inserting electrodes in it and connecting them with the house lighting circuit. This makes the worms crawl out. I gave them to Snooty and Brownie one at a time. The very small ones they swallow whole, but the larger ones they beat and throw about until they are limp and have lost a large part of their "innards". Some of these portions are thrown as far as 6 feet and, I think it very probable to twice this distance--a good thing to remember if one is feeding anything sloppy to a thrasher. If the bird is either facing one or standing with its back toward the observer, then one is safe, because the throwing is done by shaking the head from side to side with incre- dible speed through a very short arc. This shake has been recorded in these notes earlier and is rapid enough to cause a distinct buzzing sound if the object shaken is not too heavy. During the rest of the day--as during the forenoon--the birds remained apart. Greenie was scarcely seen at all, but heard several times. Snooty is the first of all the thrashers to show much interest in the higher part of the garden, which forms a sort of patio enclosed on three sides by the house. I hope he is selecting this for his exclusive territory, though doubt it. He was there several times to- day, each time well pleased to come and see what I might have for him. Brownie introduced the clucking call of the quail today and