(310) he was doubtful about, but finally picked it up and held it in his bill for perhaps a minute while he looked all around and made the clucking call which the parents make when trying to get the attention of a young bird while standing over it in the nest. Finally, as there was nobody to take the worm from him and give it back to him, he had to answer his own call by swallowing the worm himself. Here were characteristic actions of parent and young all mixed up together! About 5:30, Brownie and Greenie both being engaged in digging outside the glade, but in plain view, an elementary thrasher under- place to which song was heard from the bushes at a point where Snooty had just gone, probably about ten feet away. I could not see him, but think this was an effort of his. He has now been out of the nest about 17 days and is approximately the same age as that of the young thrashers of they were Brood No.1 when it was first heard to sing. He would be very easy to tame--in fact would tame himself--if the parents would permit. August 4th. 8:20 A.M. Greenie was feeding Snooty at the oval lawn. About 5 minutes after entering the glade Brownie arrived looking remaining pretty disreputable. She has about 4 long feathers in her tail and the new ones at the base are now showing fan-shaped vanes at the ends. They look like small, flat paint brushes with quill stems. Her wing covers are coming along fast. Her body feathers are very much dishev- ed with lots of thin places. When she preens light feathers float off in the air. Although she looks glum and disconsolate she remains friendly. Greenie is also rough looking, but not so far gone as his mate. He is very faithful to his charge, still doing all the his feeding, which as these notes show is a reversal of behavior toward the first brood at the same stage of development. Whichever adult sun clear is the male or the female, it will be clear that there is no evidence pointing to any differences in the attitude of the sexes toward the young, when both broods are taken into consideration, owing to this