P. PEARSON 1952 2/ stotter (cont) around for a few minutes, then started running downhill again. I had seen and heard nothing. When she had retreated about 30 yds, the red & two of white squabbing landed on my face of the west ridge, but 30 yds down from the rest (apparent 30 yds) fed along for a minute or two toward the west, but apparently the f had followed his course apart for she found him. He ran from her towards the top of the ridge and gave her the slip, whereupon she started calling again. He worked cautiously and slowly up the ridge to a point up the ridge from the nest, then back down to the nest at 5:40. The f calling about 20 yds below the nest (20-30). I definitely got the impression that he was trying to sneak onto the rest without the f seeing him. The f then moved off beyond the west ridge, calling. The rain seemed to have washed off some of our coloring on the red &; it went back at 8 pm and gave them another squirt of scarlet water-color on the left shoulder. March 16 Was just airing at nest 1 at 7:15 when hom flew: the telegraphists from Tripolska had arrived, with news of 2 nests. Drove to Triepolska, then accompanied by ridain over 1/2 ridge to the 2 nests. Nest #2 was discovered yesterday and had 7 eggs. When we arrived 9am + , the parent was sitting. Nest under a grass clump amongy grass-color on open hillside about half-way up. Nest #3 was about 300 yds around hillside in valley between 2 green reefs, under grass-stem. It was discovered day before yesterday in the morning about 8 o'clock at which time a parent flew off when the ridain was 20 yds away and at which