(299) circled about him alertly and it was only when he turned tail and fled that she pursued. Thus she followed him about 150 feet, most of the time under bushes and shrubs, the two appearing in the open only at intervals and briefly. The start was on the oval lawn and the finish by mutual consent near the fig tree, where Brownie stopped to dig and the snake moved on to the glade. There were several skirmishes along the route --one especially spirited one under a grape vine on a bank--where I think Greenie took a hand, but am not sure. Anyway the procession passed both him and NO.4 at one point. None of the thrashers followed him out into the open space which he had to cross in order to enter the glade, being apparently satisfied to get him out of the territory which they were occupying at the time, which was entirely outside of the glade. When last seen, the snake had crawled up into an old man sage and was resting there quietly. This snake when irritated would strike at anything--even the empty air-- and could vibrate its tail quite convincingly, especially when in such a position that its tail would strike some object at each end of its an swing, such for example, as the inside corner of a box. The sound produced, while unlike that made by the rattlesnake in quality of tone, was suggestive enough to make one look at both ends carefully--and everything in between--before handling him, although there is not the slightest resemblance between the two kinds of snakes in form or color. July 29th. At 8:00A.M. Brownie, Greenie and No. 4 were all at the oval lawn. Brownie and Greenie came for worms, the former for her own consumption and the latter to feed No.4. Strange how the adults have reversed their usual roles. Brownie is looking pretty shabby and there are numerous places in her coat where feathers are either displaced or missing, showing the under-down, which looks almost blue by contrast. She practiced her undersong at times yesterday and