1650 He stayed home most of the day loafing and playing with the magpies. Rhody honors a Jerusalem cricket with full ritual. About 5 P.M. he was given a live Jerusalem cricket and displayed his full ritual of bowing, hrooing and tail- wagging. He did not carry it about however, but stayed in one spot and ate the cricket after about 15 minutes. This is the first time (according to my recollections, only) that he has been seen to accord such privilege to so small and insignificant a creat- ure. Mar. 30th. Bright, sunny weather continued through the day. Rhody was seen in the garden before 8 A.M. by Edwin V. Mil- er, a Zoology student who is studying the Bewick wren here and elsewhere. Rhody was not seen again until 2 P.M., when he was at the cage for his meat. Although looked for repeatedly, he was prob- ably off some distance, perhaps looking for a mate, during his absence This is the first time for months (?) that he has been away so long. Thrashers have one chick. About 10:30 N2 was seen approaching the nest carrying food; but she would not enter while I was watching there, so I left. In about an hour Neo was seen carrying food. He did not mind mind my presence. He clucked as he reached the nest, N2 responding with "silent" talk, finally leaving, exposing two eggs and one tiny youngster down whose throat Neo shoved a small worm. There was no feeding by regurgitation, paralleling all thrasher experience at this place. A little later when Neo was again off I gave him worms (meal worms) all of which he ate himself, again paralleling the thrasher practice of not giving these worms to their young until they have been fed (a day or so?) on other things that are smaller and perhaps without the hard chitinous covering. Incubation period inde- terminate It is 16 days from the laying of the first egg, but since I did not mark the eggs, it is not possible to determine which egg hatched. Mar. 31st. Neo still rejects meal-worms for brood. At 9:20 A.M. N2 was on duty and Neo happened to be near, so I gave him meal-worms, all of which he ate and then began to search for other food. He got a small, dark-colored worm of some sort near me and headed for the nest. (He would not take a meal-worm there). Attitude of N and N2 to- ward each other at nest. Again the clucking by Neo and silent response by N2 with raised head and open bill. It looked as if she wanted to do the feeding herself, as often happened when Brownie carried food with his mate on the nest, but Neo would not give her the worm and she got off. There were two young thrashers that raised their heads and I could see no egg; but there may have been one in the deep shade or obscured by the growth--also I have to look into this nest at an acute angle. 3rd. egg gone? Rhody changes mind about mouse. Rhody again appeared in the garden early and then disappear- ed. This time, however, he was back again by 10:30 working inside his nest. When he sailed down he ran by me with saucy wing flirt- ings and headed for the tool-house, occasionally waiting for me to catch up. However when I overtook him at the door, he flew up to the roof and climbed to the top of the observatory tower. I found he had already eaten his meat.