(275) would take more food I left. This shows how easy it would be to tame these birds by giving them a little time and keeping their parents from driving them away. They are already "broken in" as far as food is concerned and would make wonderful pets. I do not like to think of their being driven off to shift for themselves and to be at the mercy of stray cats, small boys and the adults with traps who will catch them without permits or knowledge of how to treat them. In a populous district like this they would be much safer and happier in an aviary. I should like to know where Brood No.1 is. The present youngsters are fully feathered and have all the markings of adult birds before leaving the nest, just as the other brood could not be mistaken for anything else by one who had. Their color scheme is the same as also are the hues, shades and tints. They are, of course, juvenile in appearance and form; have their natal down and the yellow "hinges" of their jaws still. Their bills and tails are, of course, also short; but they are veritable thrashers and could not be mistaken for anything else by one who knows the adult bird. They are in marked contrast to Spotted Towhees of the same age, who do not look like much of anything specific. July 17th. At about 8 A.M. I went to the nest. No pellets. Evidence so far goes to show that lizard bones and skin are readily convertible into thrashers. When I exhibited soft food to the young birds on the spatula and chuckled to them, they did not hold back for an instant, but reached for it eagerly and I fed them well before Brownie came to join the group with her contribution. She regards my activities complacently. The youngsters will not be in the nest much longer or more and I would not be surprised if one left today. On account of the more location of the nest, it will be difficult to keep them together than was the case with the first brood.