454 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 93 



At 8 :00 p, m. I went to the pasture and placed the Thrush . 

 on a high perch. He made many changes. It took him a 

 long time to select a satisfactory roost. It was characteristic 

 of the bird. 



I usually found the bird in the vicinity of the clump of 

 evergreens where I first placed him. In the beginning he 

 flew to me and begg'ed for food. I let him follow while I 

 went to hunt for grasshoppers. He showed a tendency to 

 keep to the cover of bits of brush, small bushes and clumps 

 of ferns and bracken. The bird caught mosquitoes, picked 

 up moths, ants, grasshoppers and spiders continually. 



Later the Thrush waited to be called. When I said "Come, 

 Pet!" he answered chu! chu! in a mere whisper. 



One evening it was dark and foggy at 7 :40. The wind 

 was south of east. There was rain in the air. The Thrush 

 begged so hard for food that I had to go over the clumps of 

 hay scented ferns on my hands and knees to find the grass- 

 hoppers hiding at the bottom. He killed everything that he 

 ate. He spent a very long time oiling his feathers, which con- 

 firmed me in the opinion that it would rain before morning. 



Finally, he insisted on following me home. Three times 

 he perched on my head. At last I ran and hid behind some 

 bushes and under this cover escaped. I spent fifty-five min- 

 utes in a futile attempt to put him to bed. The next morn- 

 ing the Thrush was dry, although there were fog showers 

 during the night. He was feeding, but came at my call. I 

 then introduced him to ant hills. 



At dawn the next day, before I arose, I heard a noisy rout 

 of Crows in possession of the pasture. (I suppose that they 

 were feeding on grasshoppers, which were common this 

 year.) I hurried to the brook and called and hunted for the 

 Thrush for more than an hour before he answered. He 

 was very frightened and had hidden in a high pine. 



I felt that the tame Thrush was thoroughly educated. He 

 knew where to drink and bathe, where to find mosquitoes, 

 moths, spiders, ants, ants' eggs, grasshoppers and earth- 



