m. Redon, 1942 Calliope Hemmingbird E. Fork, Sheep Creek, 5,300ft, Kings Canyon, Fresno Co, Calif. May 28, 1942 She sat quietly on the nest for about 6 minutes, then flew off, remaining away for about 2 minutes. On her return, she perched on the West side of the nest again and proceeded to feed her nestlings. She thrust her beak quite far down apparently, as in the course of her pumping would pull the young bird's head up, so you could see his yellow beak much paler than the first time I saw it, and round heat, bobbing up & down. She fed each about 4 times & seemed quite violent about it this time. Then she moved over the nestlings again; I notice that as she pulls her bent forward, she is apparently still skirting the nest edge, and she pulls her neck down & forward so that her neck and back form a straight line. She does not pull her neck up until she is safely settled on the nest, flexing her wings & willing her tail in the process of settling down. After remaining on nest 10 min., she left. Returned in 5 min. and fed young each about 3 times - no sign of or threw all the fork time off for 3 min. Found her sitting on nest at 1:15 - my position was about 5 E of nest (nearby S). Left nest for 4 mins. Returned, did not yet go, sat facing due S turns & did that more of her breast showed above nest edge than I had observed before.