from the ground and proceeded to "kill" it, just as if it were a snake. This I "got". (Distance about 18 feet, 4½ inch telephoto lens, diaphragm f.8 account light conditions being somewhat unfavor- able, panchromatic film). He then wandered off to see what the spot- ted towhee nearby was scolding about. I neglected to note that he played with the butterfly as he does with a lizard, but I was able to get only an insignificant portion of this. Being free has brought out his playful disposition, and his tame- ess makes him unembarrassed in my presence and, therefore, natural in his actions; an ideal condition, especially as the surroundings are those in which he has chosen to live. It is curious that, now that he is free to get the kind of food he prefers, he comes back to get the butcher's meat, the rejection of which in captivity was my principal source of anxiety concerning him. While photographing Rhody a flock of 8 to a dozen Lewis wood- peckers flew out of my oaks and off toward the north-east; this is the first time these birds have been seen at this place. Sept. 29th. Almost no sound from the thrashers during the early morning hours of what promises to be a rather hot day. At 7:30 A.M. a new combination, in amicable relationship, was at the oval lawn, Rhody and Bb, 6 to 10 feet apart, looking for food. Bb got cut worms and Rhody at least one very large angle-worm with which he ran off. Up to 11 very little work was done on the nest, B spending a large part of his time sitting in it quietly. It is now a wide, shallow bowl, open in texture. Yesterday it was almost a hollow ring, formed from the platform by Brownie's pushing interior portions out to the rim with the back of his bill, in part, lifting out some pieces and bringing in new material added to the rim. At 11 B was resting in the nest, Nova was preening in the glade