Eye color unchanged. Upper lids move. Like company? still closer to me, and I believe I am justified in assuming, from this and other similar incidents, that these birds feel a certain amount of security in my presence; on this occasion, more especially, because neither of them at any time showed any interest in me as a food bear- er. Feb. 10th. No early song. No early morning singing was heard. There is a powerful wind from the north. Reaction to wind. At about 8 A.M. Brownie was in the bushes in the glade. He would not come out to me (only 15 feet away) although there was no wind to speak of in the glade. He would come to the edge of the bush- es nearest me and sing. I could see his throat swell and catch some of his louder tones above the roar overhead. As noted before, a steady wind, does not frighten these birds so much as a gusty one, and often seems to stimulate them to song. When I went to him, he took worms readily, but would not come out more than about a foot beyond the ends of the branches. No other birds appeared. No nest- ing impulse was noted; which is not surprising, especially when it is recalled, that, under similar wind conditions, the thrashers were extremely reluctant to go to nest 5 even when it contained young. Late sunrise needing food. (Temp. 46, sunrise 7:06, but due to the hills to the east, actual sunrise at this point is later; today, about 24 minutes. The delay varies at different times of the year, at this point, due principally (on account of the shifting of the point of sunrise with change of season) to the irregular profile of the horizon and the varying distance of the horizon ).