(564) At 11:30 B&G were both busily engaged in digging about 25 yards apart, both singing to themselves. Jan.21st. Singing before sunrise. The thrashers were heard calling loudly and singing occasional snatches of full song about a half hour before sunrise. This is the closest approach to singing at night that I have heard from them; it should be noted, however, that it is practically full daylight at that time. About 8:30 A.M. Brownie came to me in the upper garden--an unusual though not unprecedented thing for him to do. When I went to the glade, the wren came at once, then Greenie and, shortly, Brown- still not satisfied, although I had just let him have all the worms he wanted 2 or 3 minutes before. The glade rapidly filled with other birds to eat the fresh supply of soft-food. About mid-day, a neighbor, Mr. O'Neill came with his son, who is preparing for a Boy Scout test in which he has to be able to describe 40 different kinds of birds. I was able to show them, almost immediately on their arrival, the Vigors wren flying from the bushes to my hand while I stood in the open outside the glade, then Brownie sitting on my hand eating worms, a dozen or so other kinds of birds-- Hawk effect. including the Varied thrush--and they were able to note the effect on the birds (all disappearing) when a Sharp-shinned hawk soared above. Later in the day this hawk (presumably) suddenly darted out of a tree and flew 3 or 4 feet over my head. There were several other alarms during the day, one caused by a cat. G inspects lath house. About 5:30 P.M. Greenie inspected the interior of the lath house and suddenly darted out running like a road-runner. Brownie approached the dormitory tree, near which I stood, and took about 10 minutes to work his way up to his customary roost. I waited to see what the elusive Greenie would do. In a few minutes I saw her about six feet from me in the same tree (I had neither heard nor seen her approach). She seemed entirely unconcerned by my presence, worked her way to within