(Time not noted). Green-eyes on duty, Brown-eyes digging in the glade. Manner of The latter came at once on seeing me enter and had a big meal of soft- drinking. food, which appeared to make her very thirsty and she jumped into the middle of the drinking dish. As the water was shallow at the time it was necessary for her, on account of the curved bill, to turn her head sidewise in order to get it. March 18th. Sweeping lawn. At 6:50 A.M. one of the birds was on the oval lawn sweeping it light- ly with sidewise movements of the bill. It is interesting to note that they have not put one hole in it for months, seeming to have forgotten their former efforts. They still dig vigorously as soon as they get off it. At 7:40 one of the birds was on the nest, but the other could not be found. At 8:30 Green-eyes was at the lawn eating the suet--chicken feed mixture. He came and took worms tossed to him, but was shy and edged off generally toward the nest 175 feet away. I followed and noted B.E. leaving the nest before G.E.'s arrival, but the latter promptly took her place. About 10 minutes afterwards while B.E. was with me about 10 feet from the nest, G.E. began calling for her and she left the food quickly and went to the nest, G.E. diving out in usual fashion to date. So far, the bird going to the nest climbs up from the ground. This was the shortest watch yet seen. At 9:05 G.E. was back at the lawn again eating the "pudding". At 9:10 he ran down the road toward the nest, I following, and going up to the nest. B.E., in it, began a very low call. G.E. came up talk- ing. B.E. opened her bill at him. Both left the nest, but B.E. was back again in the nest within about a minute, having gone down only to the ground beneath the tree. This was new behavior, for instead of changing, the same bird returned. A short shift. Shifting customs varied.