1495 Thrasher "talk". In connection with this apparent manifestation of the nest- building instinct the "talk" consisted of low tsips, "churkles", chuckles, cluckings and other inarticulate sounds, rapidly utter- ed and of low intensity: audible perhaps 5 or 10 feet. It is im- possible to describe accurately. It is a pleasant intimate sound and undoubtedly possesses some significance. To my ear it is the same "talk" (at present) heard on the following occasions: (1). When one bird "offers" the other some delectable morsel either in earnest or in play. (2). When one bird finds, and is interested in, a bit of material suitable for a nest. (3). When the two birds, meeting casually (I.e. without apparent design) are disposed to greet each other. At such times they may also nibble at each others bills and also "talk" silently with wide open bills, just as Brownie and Greenie frequently did. (4). When one of the birds, more especially Chiisai when not hungry, climbs upon my hand or shoulder. (If hungry he usual- ly yips softly or makes a sibilant, two-syllabled call: one note followed by another of lower pitch, like Brownie's Tsee Poo. ). Chiisai, almost invariably, if not hungry, "talks" to me in this way when alighting upon me; Okii is more apt to be silent on such occasions. Rhody, during the day, adhered to his standard behavior of the past few days. In accepting his mouse some discrimination was shown. The large mouse given him was accepted at once, killed and then abandoned. He then returned at once to me and stood facing me patiently. I got him a smaller one, which he gobbled at once. The other one was "too much something" or "not enough something else". August 2nd. Okii again, for a few minutes in the morning only, showed his nesting urge. This time he actually carried material of his own finding and placed it without guidance from me of any sort. Chiisai seemed disposed to help, though ineffectively. Rhody performed as usual during the day. His forenoons are now mostly spent in wandering about the neighborhood foraging and observing affairs, such as building operations, in the vicinity. Early in the afternoon he comes to the cage for meat and spends the rest of the day preening, lying in the sun, and waiting for the time to come when another mouse is in order. During the last two or three days he has also renewed his habit of sitting in an acacia at the north fence that gives him the proper proportion of sun and shade without requiring him to move from one to the other. (See last year's notes at this (?) time). August 3rd Okii, in the morning, was less interested in nesting, but Chiisai a little more keen. Rhody continued present trends: including resting in the acacia.