April 22nd. At 7 A.M. the young thrasher was bright and comfortable, but had to be hand fed. The other two were still present in their area. Rhody was on the job. About 8:30 he came down and followed for a mouse, carrying it about for 5 minutes or so with full ritual, then taking it to his nest. Brownie's attitude towards his own offspring when they were brought to his attention after a short period of separation or even when he saw them in a cage and had seen them being placed in it, differed entirely from Neo's as revealed thus far. Brownie would not feed them and was definitely hostile--in some instances, to the point of actually attacking them. (The notes will show this). A second test has not yet been made with Neo. (Absent for most of the afternoon). April 23rd. The young thrasher was turned over to Donald Brock for re- adjustment of his bandages, as his foot had turned over sideways. He was returned this morning with foot now in proper position. He still has a tendency to gasp and his voice has been damaged apparently. There may be some amount of internal injury. He seems to be as far advanced as his mates in the matter of feeding himself. He will now occasionally open his mouth for food and has only been forced once between about 11 A.M. and 3 P.M. He also has begun to peck at things and, as was observed in the case of the young thrasher that was nursed from Nov. 13th. to Dec. 21st. 1933 (hatched about Nov. 1st.) his judgment of distance is faulty and he always pecks short of his objective. A second test was made to see if Neo would again feed him. Neo would pick up worms within 6 inches of him and eat them himself and feed the other youngsters but not the cripple. He therefore, reversed his attitude of yesterday, but was not hostile. Neo has begun to interest himself in twigs again, so is con- sidering a new nest in all probability. 4 P.M. Neo took a twig up into the honeysuckle about 40 feet from his nest. He was followed by one of the youngsters. Rhody did somewhat less "incubation" today and was "off" of mice, although he took two, coming to the tool-house for them, dis- playing and carrying them a short time only to abandon them. The last one was taken at 6 P.M. He then went to his nest l-38 for the night. The young thrashers at liberty are beginning to follow Neo when he comes to me for worms. Their parents are not feeding them so often now and they are calling for food more frequently; but even then, they are mostly quiet. The crippled chick did not need to be force-fed again, hav- ing accepted the inevitable, opening his mouth to receive the con- tents of the "gun" when he is hungry. Like the 1933 cripple above mentioned he is almost more eager for water than for food and was given it often with a medicine dropper.