1. Cade 1958 Evolia [illegible] + July Barrow inclination to "lead" me; then a creakl came up the street and scared her into the air. She flew right up to 36-40 feet and wheeled back in the direction of her nest. This is by far the largest chase of the sort I have engaged in, and her excessive compulsion to distract may have resulted from my handling her eggs. [illegible] lies the germ of an interesting behavior study - an analysis of distraction in terms of hard long or for the parent bird will lead under different con- ditions of initial disturbance at at dif- ferent phases of breeding cycle - could be worked out comparatively with several local species. 1400 in area between beach ridge and deolive site - encountered a "distraction" [illegible] - probably [illegible] in vicinity rather than a nest as the bird got up about 40 yds ahead of me, and flew to me [illegible] "on a run" about 20 yds away and immediately going into the distraction display, I followed - she led in a straight course away from the area. I could not keep nearer than 20-30 yds behind,