(293) The behavior of the adult birds today is puzzling. July 25th. At 8:10 a.M' as I passed by the glade, both thrashers could be seen there. Brownie came out for worms readily enough, but was ev- idently preoccupied, since she would only take two,three and actually left one in my hand, something unheard of. Her preoccupation is in some way connected with shrubs and trees as she seems to be exploring them, exactly as if she were looking for a nesting site. She is talking quite a lot, the "Pit-yurki" motive being, for the time being, frequently used. There is something going on that I do not understand. No.4 was also in the glade. At 9:10 Greenie and No.4 were at the small lath-house near the berry-patch, Brownie not to be seen. Greenie came to me for most of the necessary food supply, but got an angleworm or two near the gladioli and lilies in the propagating bed. (Lilium Henryi--they are from small bulblets dug out of the garden and planted here as an ex- periment. Now blooming--some are Until 10 o'clock, when I left, Greenie was well occupied with his offspring and,for the last few minutes of my stay,the two were keeping up a continuous "conversation" in low tones. As I returned to the house, Brownie was seen eating at the original thrasher station at the oval lawn, but came to me readily on invitation, loitering about as if she had no cares at all--which may be the case. Although she inspected the sky pretty carefully and also the tree overhead, she appeared to have abandoned her previous preoccupation. At 11:30 Greenie was still taking the part of the devoted parent. At 12:30--ditto. At this time No.4 was inside of a low en- closure of chicken wire surrounding some plants in the propagating bed. He did not think he could get out and as it was a very comfort-