(454) singing by Greenie, with phrases interpolated by his mate, then both dived into the glade. 12:50. No observations since last entry. I just went to the nest--no birds there. Went to the glade, Brownie immediately running out and jumping to my knee repeating an uncatchable phrase which no amount of talking would induce her to change. While she ate worms, Greenie perched somewhere to the west close by, sang full song. B occasionally turned her head as if to see whether it contained any message. At 1:10 both were outside the window where I was having lunch-- an unusual although not unprecedented place for them. They bathed, one after the other, in the small bath pool under a rhododendron-- again unusual as to place, but unprecedented as to successive bathing. All this seems to show that the nest is finished and they have time to go unaccustomed places until the next step, (possibly eggs?) This roving disposition, and the fact that a north wind has sprung up and is sweeping by the nest, make conditions unfavorable for Dr. Miller to observe them this afternoon. Behavior 2:55. I have watched the thrashers from 2:20 to 2:50. Neither towards cigarettes. at the nest nor in the glade, but Brownie soon came to me in the latter place. When she had finished all the worms I would allow her to have, she saw the cigarette in my left hand hanging down by my side and drop- ped down from my knee to get it, but I forestalled here. (These birds will occasionally pick up lighted cigarettes. A little whiff of smoke from one usually makes them shake their heads and, sometimes say pip). Loud call from low perch. When finished she retired to one of her favorite branches about a foot above the ground about 8 feet in front of me and called (It is not usual to call loudly from low perches) loudly using phrases from her full song. Evidently this was for Greenie, for he soon came in from the east, announcing his arrival by a soft pit-yurki, but not going to her. Instead he ate soft food, then came to me for worms, of which but few were left. When he had