ing. I moved the snake over to the berry-patch. B at nest. At exactly 5 o'clock I went to the dormitory tree. Brownie was fiddling around it. As I watched--the nest being about 7 feet from my eyes--she placed another twig in it carefully without seeming to be disturbed by my presence. There may 15 or 20 twigs in it. Temp. 64. At 8 P.M. Greenie could not be found in his tree (although he may be there), but Brownie was at home.(Bright half-moon, very clear, temp. 58 F. Crickets very numerous in the distance. Their combined chirps blend into one almost steady note pitched at about two octaves above middle C). Sept.27th. The thrashers were singing in the early morning. Song associatedAt about 7:45, as I approached the glade, both climbed up the old with chase of interloper. oak and one started 3/4 song. They then dropped to the ground by the tool house, then climbed up a pine from which the song continued. There was a minute or two interval of silence after which the song was heard at a considerable distance to the north west and I saw both birds on top of a small pine about 50 yards N.W. of my N.W. corner. This is an open slope leading down to the canyon and at this point has half a dozen small pines widely separated surrounded by a low growth of baccharis. They dropped down into the baccharis and reappear- ed in the top of another pine east of the first one. The song continued from there. One of Two thrashers flew out of this tree to a third one still further east, but the song still continued from the second pine. That meant three thrashers . The two from the third pine headed off down the canyon, one following the other . They lit in an oak about a hundred yards away and 75 feet lower. One flew out and continued its flight for another 100 yards or so, soon followed by the other. One bird came back part way and was then joined by the singer, both perching in the top of a tree about 100 yards N.W. of my N.W. corner, part way down the canyon, and the singing continued. One sings while other chases.