August 29th. In general doings in the thrasher world were little changed. Brownie hung around home most of the time, in fact, was not known to leave the place. Bb came for worms occasionally. The other two, while probably present, were not definitely identified. I was busy most of the day on other matters. Rhody's new behavior. For the first time Rhody, when I handed him a piece of meat, instead of taking it without comment, first opened his bill wide and made a soft, plaintive squeaking sound, not previously heard. August 30th. Much early morning song by Brownie from the vicinity of the oval lawn, and although I was again busy with other affairs, he was on the place whenever I looked for him, as was also Bb. About 5:30 P.M. B began full song from the old oak and kept it up until about 6. August 31st. Early morning song here, then, later B went off to the S.E. and sang there. He returned to the old oak and began singing there about 9:15. Another full song was heard at the same time, so I went and stood in the road near B. The other song, of lighter character than B's and strongly suggestive of the mocking-bird's, came from a tree about 20 feet from B. This was determined by shifting about care- fully. Soon a third full song, more like B's was heard behind me just outside the fence. By again moving about carefully and catching occasional glimpses of the singers, I reached a point about equi- distant from all of them. B did not approach any of them, but sat fixedly at one point, singing and looking in various directions, for a half hour. The other birds shifted about, one of them joining B. This, I think, was Nova. If so, she is a good singer. The song of the other ceased. B paid slight heed to Nova, who retired to another tree of the glade and sang occasionally. When B stopped singing he