Brownie's full song is being heard now more often and for longer periods at a time and later in the day. He is using three-quarter also more frequently. His sub-song, as usual, may be heard at almost any time and may be without a break, also as usual, for many minutes at a time. On the 19th., much to the surprise of a visitor ( R ) who had never even heard of thrashers, he came out of the bushes, stood within arm's reach of us where we crouched on the lawn, faced us and sang a continuous sub-song as long as we cared to listen, interrupted only whenever I handed him a worm. As illustrative of the elusive character of the song: The visitor wished to be assured that it really was he that was doing the sing- ing and was told to watch the bird's throat which was plainly pulsating, although the bill was not being opened and closed. My visitor said that he "would not have believed it!" Rhody continues on the job. Jan.21st. Brownie continued to sing as usual, beginning after sunrise with short bursts of full song at intervals during the day. Nova still here, but as shy as ever. Rhody figured prominently in the day's happenings, being un- usually tame and confiding. In the morning when I called in the direction of his supposed location, he promptly appeared, ran to me from a hundred or so feet away. When he took the meat from hand he did not run off with it a few feet as is his custom, but stayed with me, following up with worms. He visited the cage and loafed about the oval lawn and the pool for a long time watching the fish. (See p. 873 A) and sunning his back. Later when he saw me standing on the bank of the entrance road, he ran over to join me without being urged and stood at my feet looking off over the country. I saw a stranger approaching from the street and watched R's reaction. He was in a less favorable position than I on account of intervening bushes,