female did not leave and continued to feed. I heard merely three series of two-to notes after the second clew, given from direction in which chasing jays flew, but could not see them. Almost two minutes after the last series of notes, the jay returned and resumed feeding. 9:20 Feeding now on ground in among grass & Symphonicaepp where the sales are low, but open beneath and where there is a good litter : 9:25 moved on to other side of aridge, when I rounded the end of the ridge, there were three jays, one of them a bird of the year in an early stage, the p- of molt. All three drank from a pool in the stream bed, though not all at once. The young bird was at times more than two or three yards from the other boys, but no chase ensued. The latter presently moved along the slopes down canyon, leaving the young bird alone. 10:00 - another pair of adults located farther upstream : Male called alarmedly as I approached, female stayed behind, gave the frog note and bobbed several times simultaneously. later - a jay added a frog note with several notes best recorded as ik-ik-ik.