to panic. As also noted, on such occasions his fear also extended to me, so that I could not approach him either. Yesterday Mr. Houghton, whom Rhody has seen not more than three or four times to my knowledge, suddenly appeared where Rhody was watching me work in the garden and the bird showed no uneasiness. Today he passed by Mr. Engels and me, where we were seated by the oval lawn, but would not stop and would not permit me to get anywhere near him, maintaining his distance. Yet later in the afternoon, Mr. Will Sampson and I looked for him, found him sunning in the orchard, and although Mr. Sampson, it is true, stopped about 40 feet away, R permitted me to go up to him and flick his tail, merely walking off a few steps and stopping. The foregoing, of course, proves nothing definitely and while it is true that he reacts differently in the presence of different individuals, it is also true that he is becoming more tolerant of all strangers. Feb. 24th. The thrashers were unusually quiet early in the morning. I interpreted this to mean that they were probably concentrating at one of the nests. However, a visit to both at about 8:15 A.M. failed to reveal either bird. Meanwhile Rhody began his song from a pine in the garden, moved occasionally to different points of vantage and now (10:30) is singing from the roof overhead. A short time ago he was in a side-walk tree in front of the Scamell's, singing with a "gallery" watching from the windows. I went down and handed up a piece of meat to him, which he took to the delight of the spectators. At 10 B was seen climbing up the dormitory tree followed so closely by Nova that they looked almost like one long, sinuous animal. Both went directly to nest 9. In a few moments Brownie came out and sang full song, but N did not reappear. I waited about 25