a time, each of which she ate, then left. B examined the contents of the nest, probing with his bill, then took charge. I have forgotten what previous records show and wish to get direct evidence on whether these birds feed two broods at the same time. The hillside is swept and covered with the usual thicket with open spaces. R absent. Nothing seen of Rhody to day and I did not visit the nest. May 9th. Rhody here. 4:10 P.M. Rhody is here now, having (according to Julio) been chased back home by two dogs after having visited the cage for meat and gone off up the street. One chick in thrasher nest. On change of shift at the thrasher nest, B going on without taking food, I glimpsed one egg and one chick. From my position it looked as if the third egg had disappeared. This seems to be the usual thing with Nova's nests. May 10th. Two chicks; There are now two chicks in the thrasher nest and no eggs. (Noon). one egg gone. Hence, as usual, with Nova's broods, there is a disappearance of an egg or a chick at the very beginning. B thinks chicks too young for meal worms. B evidently considers the chicks too young for meal worms, since he eats all worms himself, although twice this morning he took a worm and prepared it with unusual care on the ground so that I thought it was certainly destined for the nest, but in each case he ate the worm himself. On one of these occasions the lone youngster of the preceding brood came too, but B did not feed him. May 11th. B does feed both broods. B does feed the young thrasher of this year's first brood, but not very graciously and then only at long intervals. Most of the time when he sees him he either ignores him or makes a feint rush at him or runs over him.