Refuses angle worms. Eats snails. Cracks on stone. While he was curious about the angle worms tossed to him, he did not eat them. However he discovered a snail shell which the owner still occupied, tried first to break it on a clod without success and then deliberately moved directly to a small stone that was projecting above the surface and cracked it by striking it first on one side of the stone and then on the other with side swings of his bill and without releasing the snail-shell. His selection of stones as anvils has been noted herein before as has also his appar- ent recognition of the fact that he can accomplish results with a stone which are impossible to obtain with a soft clod. After he had cracked the shell he ate bits of the snail and finally swallowed all that was left with a large part of the shell still adhering. So Rhody does eat snails. Feb. 23rd. Brownie opened the day as usual. Mr. Engels , a student of Dr. Miller's came to see the thrashers. Brownie works on nest 9 in- stead of 10. When Brownie had had all the worms he wanted, he began picking up soap-root fibres, but not carrying them to nest 10. However, it was thought that he might possibly take them to No. 9, where he sleeps at night, and so it proved, for we found him there working diligently. This nest has never been fully lined. In a few minutes he got another load and took it up. Up to 5 P.M. I had gone to the nest 3 times more and each time he was either working in it, or as on one occasion, was going to it followed by Nova. This opens the way for all kinds of speculation as to which is to be the nest, why and wherefore, etc. and so forth. Rhody discriminates between persons. It was early noted that Rhody showed fear of all strangers. There was, however, one exception, viz: Mr. Shirley Houghton. The first time R saw him near at hand he showed no restlessness in his presence. This fear of strangers extended also to Julio until he got used to seeing him about. In some cases it has amounted almost