bird, Bb, opened his mouth wide enough to emit a roar, but all that issued was a mild complaining sound. He moved off 3 or 4 feet, but returned at once when B moved to a perch about 10 feet away in plain sight and preened. B saw the feeding operation that followed, but raised no objections. I left them both there, and in passing the oval lawn, noted both Nova and Nb there in amicable relationship. None of this was to be expected, based on observations of earlier broods. The usual critical period recorded in these notes appears to be over- due. This opens the field to interminable speculation, such as: the influence of Nova and the splitting of the brood as soon as they left the nest. (This is her first brood here). Etc., etc. Julio's theory is that Brownie "needs them" as he is lonesome, (presumably because Nova stays away from him so much, as also do the youngstars). At noon B was taking his siesta behind the wind screen in the dorm. At 4:30 there were 6 thrashers located simultaneously on the place. Two were easily identified by their tameness as B and Bb. I suppose two more were Nova and Nb. As a guess, the others may have been Pat and Neo, as they have been wandering away from the Reynolds's. Curiously enough, Brownie did not object to the presence of any of them and he could tell where they all were as well as I, because he was with me at the time. I find that Rhody has blue bands around his legs at the ankles (?) of the same hue and shade as the blue back of his eyes. I have not seen this marking noted in any of the hand-books. At exactly 7:03 P.M. Brownie climbed the dormitory tree to his roost. Bb was not in his known tree, so a search was begun under unfavorable light conditions, at a place in the lee of the spur, where conditions were thought to be ideal. Quail and spotted towhees flushed, but a thrasher was quickly located that did not join the exodus, merely becoming somewhat restless. He was left in peace in the