He had travelled about 600 yards from the tower and was about 400 yards due N.E. of it. No R.R. nest (?) No work has been done on the nest that was started here since the second day. After watching the birds today, I think also that there is no other nest and they are still in the courting period with no fixed determination of the immediate future's having been reached. While I did not actually see Rhody give Cierce the lizard, circumstantial evidence that he did is strong enough to be convincing. It also appears that he is none too certain of her at times, yet, on the other hand (as when he waited in the tree) he seems to know just how to handle her. Rain. A warm rain began to fall about noon. R comes home for shelter. About 3 P.M. Rhody returned to sit under one of the shelters provided for him, where he remained a long time. He had gone at 5:15 and was not in his old sleeping place as late as 5:30.at which time it was still raining. Young thrashers try to dig. About 5:45 Brownie was given all the worms that he wanted for the young thrashers. The latter now try to dig for food, but are not very successful and do not recognise food as such . April 15th. Rhody's Anniversary Today is the anniversary of Rhody's first appearance at this place. He celebrated by opening the day with song. Raining. R finds time to play. At 9 he was at the magpie cage pretending to try and catch the inmates, running up the sides and on the roof, flirting with the mirror and making theatrical poses. A sudden shower came up and he bolted directly for the shelter placed for him at the base of the old oak. He is learning the proper use of the appliances of civilization. B deceived by ventriloquial kids. B came to me at the oval lawn for assistance in feeding the family, one of whom could be hard kipping, as I thought, about 30 feet to the south west. B did not think so and searched the shrubbery to the south east, returning with the worms in his bill, then going up into his new nest with them, and of course, finding