Feb. 6th. Early song. A little rain during the night. Early song heard in the morning, shifting from place to place. Yesterday the same. About 9:30 A.M. the thrashers were not in evidence. A wind from the S.E. probably keeps them in cover. Talk About 10:30 the gurkit call sounded from the bushes behind me, so I went about 100 feet to the glade and sat down. Both birds followed. B based his talk on the same gurkit theme. Feb. 7th. 8:30 A.M. Raining. Both thrashers came immediately for worms in the glade. B's talk was almost entirely made up of the phrase: Cair-ra-cair-ra-cair-ra repeated rapidly, the Rs strongly rolled. When I first heard it, I looked behind me (although B was in front of me) as I thought the sound came from some other kind of bird nearby in that direction. I half expected to see a varied thrush, although the phrase is not, I think, one of his. On this occasion Greenie was the more eager for worms and I let her have all she wanted directly from the box in my hand. 2 P.M. Raining heavily. A short burst of thrasher song was heard outside the window. I opened the window and called, but there was no response and the bird could not be seen. Feb. 8th. Early song. It rained nearly all of yesterday and during the night. In the early morning loud thrasher calls were heard and bursts of song moving from place to place. At 9 A.M. the thrashers were absent, but the wren came promptly. I went to the glade at 10 and the thrashers soon came in from the west, hungry and talkative. Only the bases of their tails showed the effect of "Nesting" the rain. After exhausting my local supply of worms, both gathered