on top of it, on the rump, on the back, trying all of these places and sometimes trying to lift their heads by placing the back of his bill under their chins and clucking repeatedly. Often after all of this effort they will make one greedy snatch at the food and run away! April 6th. At about 7 A.M. both young birds were revealed by Brownie at or near their night roosts. After they had been fed Brownie climbed the a old oak and resumed the songs which he had been singing since early in the morning. I sat under the tree and listened to him for a half hour. At the end of that time he suddenly stopped and dropped down at my feet, then up for worms, totally silent. This period of full song was characterized by the introduction longer and of more complicated articulated phrases than I have previously noted., and with very pronounced rhythm as in human music. The range over the scale was wide and contrasts almost startling. He might have been a different bird from yesterday. Many of the customary phrases were used also. The first few minutes of song were largely built around a phrase that sounded like: Eu-ro-pean and another new one: Victim, victim An entirely new one was: Pillo-lillo-la, sliding down the scale. Other new ones: Yur-keet-tsee+tsee; chee-co-leeta; tsick-a-dear; per-ta, ta le-e-e-e-ta; ter-ter-ta- le-e-e-e-wa; commute; percute; chee-co-to-leel-to-ca. At about 2 P.M. one of the young birds was heard recording at