open position where she could keep an eye on me. I called B again--the dark object against the sky disappeared and in a few moments B came up behind me. Nest 12? About 9:30 I decided to see if there was anything doing in the kangaroo thorn. I stood on the sidewalk below it. Thrasher conversation could be heard behind its dense foliage. Soon I located Brownie messing about at one particular spot engaged in what appeared to be nest construction. Curious parallel to last year in R and B's be- havior. At 10:35 I revisited the acacia. B was sitting above the suspected nest site, Rhody was singing someplace nearby. B came to me at once for more worms, then messed about aimlessly with twigs. I went to find Rhody, who was located on the other side of the fence in an oak about 30 feet away. (Curious how this par- allels behavior of Jan 31(?) last year. B came back through the fence to see what was afoot and observed Rhody warily, then ran off. R kept on singing, but back toward the nest site. This is only the second time Rhody has been seen in that particular tree in nearly two years, the first time being when he unexpectedly boomed at me from it in the beginning of our acquaintance, when I was not aware of his presence there. Mirror not excit- ing to R. Earlier Rhody had been at the cage, sitting on a bench against the wire watching the youngsters, who were mildly interested in him and "talking". When tired of this, R looked at the mirror reflectively but was not stirred to action by his reflection. Next he made a feint at one of the magpies that came to look at him and then wandered off to call. Clearly he derived no permanent spirit- ual satisfaction from his visit. Thrashers nest at "wrong" time. At 11 rain began to fall again. It is strange that the thrash- ers should choose what is ordinarily the most inclement season of the year in which to commence house-keeping activities. Terry, as usual, greeted my reappearance at the cage by ma-ing pitifully. I went in and handed him the piece of meat that he had practically been sitting upon for the last hour or so. This he accepted gratefully. He still prefers to be fed rather than help himself, in marked contrast to A. (Except as regards meal-worms). After this Terry fluffed himself out and remarked, apropos of nothing; in soft, sweet tones, audible perhaps 6 feet: Ooh Ooo. the Ooh pitched at about the C above middle C and the Ooo at about the G above middle C. In the next ten minutes he did this twice again. When I rose to leave the cage he ma-ed. In the last few days he has tended to adopt this procedure on my departure as well as on my arrival. In some respects he acts more like a baby bird than he did months ago. During the day there were alternate periods of sun-shine and shower, the former predominating and finally prevailing entirely. At bed-time the young road-runners sought their accustomed roosts. I waited until it was dark and then lowered the covers without disturbing them.