in sight. However, I had no sooner seated myself on the bank of the road by the old oak than Brownie ran out to me. I gave him worms, and when he had had enough, he climbed the old oak, "scripping and queelicking" loudly, to the topmost point of a dead limb. I called to him: "Pityourki, Brownie", and, singularly enough, he immediately began to sing full voiced in short detached phrases, turning his head to look in various directions. Plainly calling. Exactly the way he called Nova in the first place. In 2 or 3 minutes there was a rustling in the leaves of an adjoining oak and Nova, looking huge, flew across the gap between the trees, disregarding my presence, and climbed rapid- ly up the bare branch to her mate. She is also somewhat shabby. B seem- ed to give her some instructions with low gurglings and she flew off again, but returned immediately. This was repeated and on a third return B advanced to meet her; they gurgled in friendly manner and Nova again left. Almost immediately both youngsters came, one flying and climbing directly to Brownie, the other sitting, calling, a little below him, but in the same tree. B and the first one whirled about in the dead branches, B pursuing but unable to overtake the youngster, who dodged and doubled expertly without leaving the tree and, it seem- ed, without much fear. After this they dropped to the ground and I was unable to follow further operations, although there was some sort of a chase. When B first came to me meekly, looking shabby, forsaken and lone- some, I felt sorry for him, thinking also that he was, in some measure, being punished for his masterful attitude towards other thrashers. But how quickly he changed the entire picture! The poor tramp, with a few imperious calls, quickly gathered his whole tribe from nowhere and showed clearly that he is still the master with the magic touch. The self-willed wife and the youngsters that can only reasonably expect punishment from him now, alike gathered at his summons. He even caused Nova, for the time being at least, to