June 20th. 10: A.M. The young thrashers now have their eyes open. The parents are now beginning to leave the young birds uncovered and unattended for longer periods, and the demand for worms is in- creasing. Brownie is keeping in still closer touch with me. On one occasion this morning when I left while he was still hanging about me, and went to another part of the garden, where he could not see me, he called: W-a-i-t, w-a-i-t, we-oo-hickey? We-oo-hickey? And when I answered he came rustling through the branches of the trees in a great hurry and got more worms for the brood. This was about 100 feet from the nest, with many trees intervening. June 21st. to 23rd., inclusive. The thrashers were frequently observed during this period, but no notes were made. It was a time of almost complete silence on the part of the parents. Brownie has done most of the feeding, with wild food and some meal-worms contributed by me. He finds a surprising amount of time to sit on the nest, bathe and preen. After bathing he likes to come and stand near me, dry himself and arrange his feathers. He sometimes takes a good half hour at this, and though often within during all this time reach, shows no interest in food until his toilet is complete. On the 23rd. it was noted that very thorough manicuring (or pedicuring) form- an essential part of the operation. Incidentally there is still a gap in his left wing where the mutilated feather was reported in these notes on October 11th., last year. I have kept watch of this particular wing ever since. While the feather has disappeared, it has never been replaced. I have been sitting by the magpie cage in order to note the reactin of its inmates toward Brownie and vice versa, and more especially to see if I could detect any influence that Brownie's tameness might have