(459) and began probing frantically all over himself with his bill. This is not new. He looked at the ground suspiciously, at his feet, at me, and, as well as he could, at himself, evidently in a state of great suspense waiting for the next stab and apparently trying to analyze the situation in order to predetermine its position on his own topog- Another stabraphy. When it came, up he went into the air again, followed by more frantic probing and another period of suspense during which he froze, with back and neck horizontal staring into vacancy. Brownie had been B. sub-sings. singing a fine undersong during this time, a few feet away in the brush. I repeatedly heard the hen and the thrush, although an air compressor and air tools which have just started work on the foundation for a house a couple of hundred yards away, drown out nearly all other sounds. Brownie came out and had an attack just like Greenie's. It clearly is something biting them and I wonder if it is "The" "The" fly? fly. Whatever it is seems to carry a good punch. (Temp. 65). B in nest. At 2:45 Brownie was in the nest and Greenie in the glade singing G singing undersong ranging from ¼ to ½, in the bushes. He finally came out to dig in front of me and sing happily. I gave him worms provided "Training" Greenie. he would jump up on to my ankle or knee for them. This he did readily, but the force of habit is so strong that he would look for then first Force of habit. on the ground. Even when I hold my hand low where he can reach into it from the ground, he often looks on the ground under it first. This period ended by his gathering up especially long fibres and disappearing with them in the direction of the nest. G gathers fibre. Unusually high-pitched song. About 4:45 an exceedingly high-pitched thrasher full song of short duration was heard in the direction of the glade. But for its rhythm and phrasing it would have been scarcely recognizable as coming from that bird. I went to the glade, both birds appeared almost simultaneously and began talking, both keyed to that same high pitch. I was able to effect absolute equality in the distribution