Also the excrement of the nestlings is not so securely enclosed by "skin" as before and requires more delicate handling on the part of the parents, though the method of disposal is the same. Later in the afternoon an escaped tame canary perched near the top of the old oak and called. This attracted the Greenbacked Goldfinches, one of whom perched about 2 feet from the canary for perhaps 10 minutes, the latter leaving first. The canary broke into full song and as soon as Brownie, who was in the glade preening, about 10 feet from me, heard the song, he raised his head and listen- ed for a few moments, then ran to the trunk of the old oak and rapidly climbed up into its branches to within about 10 feet of the canary, where he paused and watched him, then, apparently satisfied, returned- ed to the same branch of the sage on which he had been preening and completed that operation. After that he took worms to the nest. The canary had evidently been at liberty for some time, for it seemed perfectly at ease and when it flew away, it seemed as vigorous as any wild bird, flying like a linnet.(House finch). oldest night November 7th. (Sunrise 6:40) (Minimum during the night 46) for many months. At 8 A.M. both thrashers seemed to be waiting for me near the nest. B came at once without food and we gave the young, who appear- ed sluggish, worms. G was picking up things below the platform and when she came up, had a lot of those small white grubs. It looks now as if they do come out of the acorns and the thrashers pick them off of the ground. G continued the feeding operation with meal-worms. Jerusalem cricket. At 9:10 A.M. Brownie brought a Jerusalem cricket to the nest within 5 minutes after I had given him worms in the glade. G then brought a cut-worm and 3 of the small grubs and followed up with meal- worms from the box. I had put two of the adult beetles in the box to see what the thrashers would do with them. Although the adults eat them when they have a chance to break them up on the ground,