ed about 6 feet from the one I was watching; this one was sleek and round- eyed. I called to it and it started towards me. I then saw that it was Snooty (by the ruff on its neck) returned to his ancestral home! I thought he was gone for good. He was not allowed to carry out his evident intention of coming to me as the two adults immediately began to head him off and drive him away, Greenie being the more persistent. There was a good deal of scripping and pursuing, but I could not see that they succeeded in driving him from the place although they made him run away from the glade and I lost track of him. I was not able to follow to the final result on account of the arrival of a visitor, but the two adults soon returned to the glade. Snooty had not been seen since 8 A.M. of the 28th. of August--away 7 days. At 10:50 I went to the glade, both adults there, Brownie singing and Greenie occasionally joining. During the hour and a half that I spent there the two birds were constantly exchanging soft calls and talking., when not singing. Brownie developed a new phrase in her song with which for a time she was much taken. It was "waw,waw,waw,waw", rapidly uttered. It sounded exactly like the distant barking of a dog and I am inclined to think may have been inspired by a dog which has been barking frequently this morning, I should say about a quarter of a mile away. After trying this two or three times about 15 feet from me in the bushes, she walked out and stood facing me about three feet away, looking up at me, and repeated it--almost as if she wanted to see what I thought of the new achievement. After that it was not heard again during my stay. When Greenie came out to examine prospects he had a new, very high pitched, almost inaudible "peep". Both birds used this for some time as a part of their exchange of remarks and then dropped it. Brownie interfered but little with Greenie's getting worms from me, even at one time when both were within reach of a worm in my hand, allowing Greenie to take it (the two were standing still abut six inches apart) without making any effort to get it herself.