except that the main gut showed some signs of inflammation and was extremely fragile, appearing to be in the process of disintegration Parasitic worm. It contained a parasitic worm an inch or more in length. Thrashers evidently have no crop, as there was none in this bird. At 10:35 P.M., Brownie, who has been making himself scarce, was found in his accustomed perch. May 26th. No early morning song heard; rain falling at about 7:30 A.M. B and N here. As I was looking for the thrashers about 9:30 A.M., B came out of the hedge west of the house, ate worms, then gather a few in his bill and ran off looking for his mate, giving the blue-bird call. She was in the lower branches of a pine and he presumably gave them to her. Both ran off toward the nest along the road. I followed by another route and found one of them messing around in it, then retired. It looks as if Brownie's cohesive force is winning out and that he is determined to keep this place headquarters indefinitely. About 10:30 B went up to the nest and Nova (I suppose) came out and flew off. At 10:50 the road-runner was on the oval lawn. a few times Brownie was seen and fed [illegible] during the rest of the day and at 7:30 P.M., after a long absence, I went out to see if he would return to his regular roost. Sure enough, within a few minutes he came from nowhere, took one worm, and climbed up to his roost. May 27th. No early morning singing heard. Lutescent warbler and Slender-billed Nuthatch here about 9 A.M. At 9:30. neither thrasher having been seen or heard, I went to the west side of the house and heard a thrasher singing not far away down in the canyon. I called , not really expecting B to come, since he has no young birds to feed and has to keep an eye on Nova, wherever she may be; but he did, ate all he wanted, then when offered the free- dom of the box, gathered a supply and went off down the canyon making