but greeted me with a whine and "smacked his lips" and swallowed. I have noticed before that the offer of food often causes him to do this even though he does not come and get it. About 10:30 I called to him from the top of the bank across the street on my own place. Two men were at the Scamell front door about 25 feet from him looking at him in the tree. He came down, walked unconcernedly across the lawn in front of them, out into the street and inspected their delivery car, then across the street, climbed the bank, then the tree behind which I stood and looked at me through the fence, as if intimating that the next move was mine. When the men drove off, he reached through the fence promptly for the meat, as if he had been unwilling to show off in their presence. -out His actions through gave the impression that he wanted us to under- stand that my calling had nothing to do with his decision to get up (or come down). He was going to look at the car anyway, and naturally, as a matter of routine, thereafter he would cross the street in any case and if it chanced that I happened to be in line with his predetermined route, there was nothing in that to get excited about. Feb.5th. (Owing to absence, observations were not made yesterday afternoon) There was a lot of singing this morning up to about 11 o'clock. Part of the time a third thrasher was here and there was a confusion of sounds as they moved about from place to place, although there did not appear to be any actual pursuit. A fourth thrasher was singing loudly (at O'Neill's 260 yds. due S.? ). Owing to all of this excitement, little attention was given to the nest, but when it had quieted down, B, on the path near me, called Nova with a series of single, whistled notes followed by a kissing sound, and began picking up fibre of soap root (not ribbohs). Nova, who was digging about 20 yards away, ran to him at once, although it