(351) and the call note of the song sparrow. I am surprised that she has not used the "sa-pah'ton" of the quail. (This is the Spanish zapato which, as children, we thought best represented this call). (Incidentally, it was not so long ago that I found out that the "zapato....chulk" call sometimes heard is made by two quail. One says "zapato" and the other nearby says "chulk", stretching out its neck and ruffling up the feathers on it). Both Greenie and Brownie practiced their undersongs, Greenie hidden and Brownie in the open near me. August 23rd. Early in the morning a thrasher was in full song in what has now become the usual place to the west of my window. This was kept up with little interruption for about 20 minutes. While I was at breakfast Snooty appeared first at one window and then at the other. When I went out to see if he wanted worms, he was hammering the suet mixture at the feeding station in the upper court. About 8:30 Greenie and Brownie were on the oval lawn and had made decided records of their presence there. Brownie came up to me in the upper court as did also one of the spotted towhees, both on the same errand. Greenie would not leave the lawn, so I went down to him to give him his share of worms--a rather difficult feat when Brownie is around. After this I went to the glade. Snooty came out of the bushes at once, looking anxiously in all directions. As he was about to take worms from my hand, Brownie came out of the bushes like a streak and the chase was on. In and around the bushes , I being in the approximate center of the whirlwind, Snooty dodging and doubling unwilling to leave the glade. At a favorable opportunity I managed to land a soft clod of earth between pursuer and pursued and Brownie fled in panic as it exploded like a miniature shell and Snooty halted