(542) It does not wash off. There is a smaller one on the right eye. Dec.10th. 9:00 A.M. At about 8:15 I went to the glade--no thrashers there and the wren did not appear. Soon Brownie came, jumped to my knee, but wanted only two worms. He then immediately began to gather soap- root fibre, climbed up the old oak and began callin loudly: Pit-yee, pit-yor, Pit-yee, pit-yor, york. Meanwhile G, before B called had answered my call from a little distance away, by scrippin, but did not come to the glade. As I left, I passed the dormitory tree. B was climbing up into it with twigs, which he took to his night roost near nest No.5. All of this is a regular nesting pattern and seems to be more than a mere reflex. (Temp. at 9:30, 56) S'S condition. The youngster remains vigorous and active, but his feet and legs seem no better and the film on the upper part of the corneas is persistent. Leg treatment. Dec. 11th. I fitted a cork arrangement on the right leg of the young thrasher, so arranged as to straighten the ankle (?) joint partially. He was also given an opportunity to dig as much as he pleased in the ground outside. The film on the eyes seems to be encroaching upon the pupil, and I believe his vision is being interfered with to some extent. At Dr. Reynolds' suggestion I treated the entire orbit of his eyes with castor oil in order to see if that would make the lids more flexible(since I have not yet seen him close his eyes) the assumption being that the muscles are too weak to overcome the stiffness of the lids caused by the egg-food hardening amongst the feathers . This material is very difficult to keep from lodging there; but he seems to like to have his eyes worked on--also the stiff leg. Dec. 12th. The cork was left on all night and taken off this morning. It may have helped slightly, as the joint appeared a little more flexible. The eye-lids seemed not quite so stiff and could be closed with the