(294) able place, he was not frightened, and Greenie was looking out for him I did not intervene. Greenie first tried feeding him through the wire, which he was able to do with some difficulty, and then crawled under the screen thereafter. The young bird could not fathom the mystery, so I went of and left them. At about 1:30 he was still inside but not worrying much, although he tried to get out occasionally. Greenie soon came. I raised the bottom of the wire so that he would not have to scrape his back in going through the opening and so that the young bird could get out easier. This he was able to understand, so walked out calmly. It is strange how most birds will not look downward for an opening through which to escape from a room or other enclosed space. At 2:50 both birds had shifted to the glade. Brownie was in the vicinity of nest No.4 "scripping". On going there, no cause for excitement could be seen, although she had gathered a small audience of other birds. On seeing me under the tree where she was sitting, she worked her way down through the branches to a point about 2 feet directly over my head, picked some sort of caterpillar off of the branch, flew to the ground and ate it herself. During the rest of the afternoon all food given to her was eaten by her and not fed to the young bird. All worms given to Greenie were fed to No.4. He ate soft-food himself and also fed it to the young bird. July 26th. At 7:30 A.M. there were no thrashers in sight as I entered the glade, however No.4 could be heard and Greenie soon poked his head out through the leaves near the top of an oak, considered for a time what was best to be done next and then flew down to me for worms, which he took to No.4. Up to 8:10 nothing was seen of Brownie, at which time I went indoors. It will be seen that, since day before yesterday, the general activities of the two adults have been almost