. Bird lore . Wright. 277 AUDUBON SOCIETIES—EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 282 Annual Report of the National Association of Audubon Societies 284 ^*^Manuscripls intended jar publication, books, etc., for revieiv and exchanges, should besent to the Editor, at the American Museum of Nalurdl History, 77th Street and 8th Avenue,New York City, N. Y. To Subscribers Subscribers whose subscription has expired will find a renewalblank enclosed in the present number of the magazine. On receipt of your renew^al w^e w^ill send you the colored plate ofthe Wild Turkey (see next page) which should be considered duenot
. Bird lore . Wright. 277 AUDUBON SOCIETIES—EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 282 Annual Report of the National Association of Audubon Societies 284 ^*^Manuscripls intended jar publication, books, etc., for revieiv and exchanges, should besent to the Editor, at the American Museum of Nalurdl History, 77th Street and 8th Avenue,New York City, N. Y. To Subscribers Subscribers whose subscription has expired will find a renewalblank enclosed in the present number of the magazine. On receipt of your renew^al w^e w^ill send you the colored plate ofthe Wild Turkey (see next page) which should be considered duenotification of the entry of your subscription. If you do not care to renew^, will you please notify us ? To Members of the National Association of Audubon Societies Members and Contributors to the National Association of AudubonSocieties are notified that they are entitled to, and w^ill receive, themagazine as members of the Association. Entered as second-class mail matter in the Post Office at Harrisburg, 1 SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER 2. VERMILION FLYCATCHER, MALE 3. Vermilion Flycatcher, female(One-half natural size) A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINEDEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Orqan of the Audubon Societies Vol. IX November — December, 1907 No. 6 A Thrashing by Thrashers By HERBERT K. JOB With photographs by the author SOMEWHERE, I had read that the Brown Thrasher is at timesvery bold indefending its nest, even from human intrusion. But as the years slippedby and I had inspected nest after nest of this species, in every case findingthe owners as timid as the average song-bird, I began to wonder whether thestory was not the product of some nature-fakirs art, which needed the prover-bial grain of salt. But one day I found out the truth of the matter. On the afternoon of June i8, 1906, toward sundown, I was driving homewardalong a country road, on one side of which was a farmhouse, and on the othera bushy pasture. Here I saw a Brown Thrasher fly across the roa
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