the impression that he was considering adopting the structure for his own. When I left he was sitting just outside the nest. His going there (this is the second time that it has been witnessed, B being there the first time) does not augur well for the safety of any eggs or brood at this place while he is about. Later (in the afternoon) he elected to sit for an hour or so on the front porch of his house in the orchard; this is only the second time he has been seen to use the house. At sunset Brownie was singing and shortly afterwards retired to his regular nest for the night in the dorm. Feb. 9th. The usual early morning singing. About 9 it was over at Robinsons. B could be seen in the top of a pine there (about 250 yards away). His identity was established when, on call, he ran and flew (250 yards) to me for food, scrapping loudly. He did not seem to know where Nova was and sang loudly from nearby shrubs, looking anxiously in all directions, until she came, but from the west. He then went down into the nest and called from there, but she did not appear as long as I stood near. Rhody was still in his roost at 9:30. Mrs. Scamell says that her son saw him come out of the house which was put in the tree for him, yesterday morning. This and the two episodes here on the same day seem to show increasing interest in possible nesting locations. The thrasher nest is to all intents and purposes completed, although a fibre or two may be added now and then in a casual sort of way. Practically all of the fibres that I distributed have been used. These consisted of the linings of two old thrasher nests, together with some additional material. Feb. 10th.