950 he was in the driveway and ran quickly up to me from a distance of 150 feet, booed, made a semicircle around me and climbed the old oak to call toward the east, using the boo call only. I sat quiet- Circe comes. ly to note results. About 9:30 Circe came from the west, but Rhody did not see her and continued his calling. C saw me almost at once (25 feet away) hand stepped into the bushes. A few minutes later R saw her and dived down to her and I left them undisturbed, somewhere out of sight. R loses C and goes to hunt her. About 10:30 R began booing again from the top of the Scamell house, worked off to the south west, booed from various trees and was last seen about 250 yards away, where he was frightened from the street by a passing delivery truck, causing me to lose the trail. R back again I suppose he was looking for Circe, who ....(11:40: There's old Rhody just outside the window in the act of flying up to the roof. He's up; begins booing!) Going back to Circe: She steals about like a ghost and Rhody, himself, seems to have as hard a time keeping in touch with her as I have. 11:50. He is now on top of the living-room chimney scanning the country in all directions. He is getting plenty of exercise these days. B gives lizard to youngster. On one of Brownie's return trips from feeding the surviving young thrasher, he spied a small lizard, about 3 inches long, which he promptly subdued after it had escaped his clutches two or three times, losing its tail in the meantime. The tail Brownie ate him- self, but the rest of the animal in its entirety was given to the young bird, who swallowed it without any trouble and immediately was ready for more food, for which B came to me, after examining care- fully the exact spot where he had caught the lizard. April 23rd. R here. Rhody was here at breakfast time drying himself after a short, unexpected shower. 9 A.M. There has been a thrasher in the nest each time it has been visited this morning. Just now it was Nova, but as I watched,