1658 All three thrasher chicks are still in the nest. April 14th. N2 is lame. Little in the way of new developments today, but N2 has gone lame and: Rhody again sleeps Rhody again slept in his new nest-house in the peppermint gum tree. Twice. also, he accepted large mice with ritual, only to abandon them eventually, but taking smaller ones when offered and eating them after carrying them about. April 15th. Rhody's FOURTH Anniversary. This is the fourth anniversary of Rhody's arrival at this place, finding him still mateless, but apparently content to make this his home. At 7 A.M. I found him still in his new house, not caring to come down. The presence of three chicks in the thrasher nest was confirmed. At this time Neo and Inver (?) were exchanging songs near the cage, but Neo came for worms when called. At 8 A.M. the two thrashers were still at it in the same location, but Neo stopped singing on observing my approach to the nest and was next seen being chased right to my feet by Rhody, who seemed satisfied with that result and began picking up pine needles which he took to his nest. The impression gained was that Rhody did not want Neo near his nest and that was the direction from which they came. At 8:15 I left for the day, returning at 5:05 P.M. When I left Neo and Inver were in the pine by the cage, both singing. On returning I was advised by Julio that Rhody had not been seen by him since early in the forenoon although he had looked for him. All thrasher chicks still in nest. After verifying the continued presence of three young thrashers in their nest, I went down to Rhody's old house and found him in it. He cried when talked to, but did not come down while I was there, although I expected him to, and about 6 A.M., Julio found him in his new house and gave him a mouse. April 16th. At 7 A.M. (Julio) all three young thrashers were still in the nest and Rhody was out of his but present in the garden. At about 10 A.M. I gave worms to Neo, all of which he ate himself. At 10:45 the first yip or kip of the young thrasher out its nest was first heard in connection with this nest. (This call has never been heard here from a chick in the nest as far as I can recall at present). N2 was in the nest at this time; Neo was in a tree overhead singing very softly. N2 came off and I gave her a good load of worms which she took to the chick that had left the nest and was in the honeysuckle 5 or 6 feet from it. There were still two chicks in the nest. At about 11 o'clock Neo fed these two and hovered them. At about 11:20 N2 was in the nest. When she left I could see no chicks in the nest, but could hear two outside. Neo now came for worms, which he took to the nest, perched on its edge and looked down into it, clucking as he does to attract the attention of a chick to food. I could see nothing in the nest; but it was