been some indication that they would. 10:30 A.M. It has appeared that the nesting activities were in the honeysuckle on the fence. I went to the point which they have seemed to select. B came with a twig and placed it with some others put there previously. It is in the honeysuckle about 4 feet from the ground on the inside at the top of the bank, but the ground falls off below it very rapidly. I stood about 3 feet from it and watched B work, then displayed the worm box and he came at once, taking worms for the young birds. It would seem that he now has his hands full. Just before this, B and the 2 young birds were 3 to 6 feet from me in the glade and the new bird joined the group, keeping the bushes between us so that I could get but short glimpses of her. One of the youngsters ran to her and, I think, was not repulsed. The new nest is about 30 feet from the last one almost directly in line with it and nest NO.2 of last year. When the new bird arrived Greenie had been away continuously for 14 days. 3:10 P.M. The young thrashers will take worms tossed to them, but do not know what to do with them, holding them in their bills and running about looking for some one to push it down their throats. When the bird selected for the ceremony is also a young one, they are up against it. These actions are accompanied by the clucking sounds made by their parents when feeding them. Twice Brownie has been followed to within six feet of me by the new bird, but each time he has turned and snarled at her when she has reached the edge of the bushes. Twice, with Brownie absent, I have tossed her worms about 10 feet away, and she has taken them. As yet I can only say that she looks exactly like Greenie, but this is only saying that she looks like a thrasher. They are working a little on the nest to the accompaniment of