1594 It was in the top of a cedar at Wicklands, about 300 yards from this room as the crow flies. As it continued to sing, as I stood about 50 feet from the tree, the echo of the song could be heard distinctly, coming back from my neighbors' houses just across the street from here. The song therefore carried not less than a quarter of a mile. This bird now moved to a birch at O'Neill's and immediately it was seen to be Broken-wing, father of Okii and Chiisai. It now went to the O'Neill roof and, from there, toward the Sampson place, where O and C were hatched. (First time I have seen this bird in weeks). Song could now be heard to the N.E., but I did not investigate until 10 A.M., when I went to Inverleith Terrace. Inver was singing in his garden and two other thrashers could be seen--one of them singing--in a sapling in the next lot to Inver's. I suspected these birds to be Neo and N2 (for the first time seen in Inver's territory on the east side of the street). They were about 100 feet from me, but soon one of them sailed down past me to the brush around the cork elm, then ran out to me: Neo. In a few minutes more, N2 came down, but was not interested in me and sat in the elm with back toward me for the next 10 minutes, during which Neo was getting worms from me, but refusing to take them from hand. At 10:30 I spent 15 or 20 minutes looking for Rhody in every place but the right one, which was on top of the cage, where I could just see his head. Without invitation he came down, cut a few fancy capers about me and through the bushes, then came to the tool-house for his mouse, after one sonorous rattle-boo. He chose now to rest on the bank at the orchard for some hours. About noon scripping was heard from the echo tree. I went to the fence at a point about 60 yards from it and could see on thrasher in it. Without calling, I waved my hand two or three times. The thrasher dropped into the brush and, in less than a minute, Neo came out for worms. So far this morning he has been considerably less confident in approaching me close enough to eat from hand. At 3:45, after an absence of several hours, I stopped at Rhody's old roost tree. He was already in his house. J said later that he had given him a salamander a little earlier. At 4:15 I went to the Clearing to see if Neo and mate were there. There was no sound of birds, but in a few minutes Neo came for worms, taking them from hand, but still shy. His mate kept to the bushes, and they talked. Once, when a worm dropped from my fingers just as Neo was about to take it, he ran away as if frightened by the occurrence. I did not move my hand and he came back at once and bit my fingers, though there was no worm in them. This means something--what I am not certain. (58° in court. 65° in Clearing). No further evidence has been seen of nest-building. Jan. 14th. (Sunrise 7:25, sunset 5:13). The usual early thrasher song, followed by J's feeding them with centipedes near the sage patch. (Partly cloudy). When I went there at 8:50 one of them was present and believed to be N2, as it sat and preened comfortably and would not come out. After returning from several hours absence, I found Rhody sitting quietly in the orchard watching some golden crowned sparrows, not threatening them, but seeming only interested. (11 A.M., 60° in court, 65° in clearing.