(317) (Robinsons) property and tried to induce them to come over the fence to me, but could not arouse their interest, nor could I get close enough to identi- fy them. On my return the birds were still absent, so that the two may have been Brownie and Greenie, too shy to come to me in unfamiliar surroundings. Birds return. On completing the foregoing paragraph about 9:45 I went outside and heard the thrashers scrapping in the distance. I saw one of them in the street about 200 yards away, whistled and called. The other then appeared and both started for "home" like race horses in the open street. By the time I reached the glade they were almost there. As soon as I got seated, in they ran, both talking at once. Brownie jumped up into my lap immediately and, I gathered, tried to tell me all about it, Greenie putting in remarks from the ground near my feet. He still holds back for his mate. The point where they were first seen was exactly in line with the point where I saw the two thrashers about 8 o'clock and I think there is little doubt that they are the same birds. About 6:20 P.M. (Sunset, 6:27) I located one of the thrashers sitting quietly about 10 feet from the ground in the same oak where I have suspected them of spending the night. I intended later to go out with a flash-light and see if it was still there, but forgot it. Sept 11th. Full-song Thrasher full-song was heard at intervals during the early morning and up till about 8 o'clock. At that time I went out and heard them calling in the distance to the south east, apparently having just left. -in the Robinson place I called and one bird flew out of a tree, about 200 yards away, to the street, ran across a vacant lot and when it reached Selborne Drâve, was joined by the other, and both ran along the street from a point about 120 yards away towards me. I went to the glade and the scene of yesterday morning was duplicated, except in the present instance, Brownie, talking on my knee, used a phrase not previously heard, repeating it over and over, and Greenie, on the ground used identically the same phrase,