(441) I furnish soap-root. I gathered a few soap-root bulbs, stripped off the fibrous outside in ribbons (for it is not the fine fibre that they need now) and placed a supply on a flag-stone at the base of the tree. The birds remained away until 11:25, when Brownie came to my chair under the tree for worms, called Greenie from my knee, then began carrying up the ribbons which I had placed on the stone. Pretty soft! It is 86 deg. and the thrashers are going about with their bills open, and their wings drooping and held out from their sides. 1:40. Temp. 90. At 1:30 I went to the glade without calling. Brownie shortly entered and, instead of jumping to my ankle or knee as usual, flew up and sat on my bare fore-arm with great solemnity and saying nothing. When worms were not forthcoming at the desired frequency, she took the matter into her own "hands," then went back to work. Her plumage is flawless. The superciliary stripe is unquestion- ably longer and curves around to the back of the head slightly. The more I see of these birds and the Vigors Wrens, the more alike in general appearance they seem to be. Sub-song declines. During the past few days sub-singing has practically ceased. B in nest. 2:04. Brownie sitting quietly in the nest with only bill and tail showing. Certainly they are carrying out their pattern faith- fully. 6:30. I had little opportunity to watch the birds during the afternoon, but they were seen at work on several occasions, and once one of them was heard to sing full-voice for a short time, so that a visitor (A.R.H.) present at the time recognized it as the song which had been puzzling him at his own home about 20 miles from here. This visitor and I went to the glade; both birds came and showed little embarrassment in his presence. About 6:30 bird was in its accustomed place for the night. October 6th. Only a few calls were heard early in the morning. At 7 o'clock Reaction to heat. B flies to bare arm. Superciliary stripe longer, Remblance to Wren.