52 B.E. exam- ines eggs. Before settling down upon the eggs, she examined them very deliberate- ly and poked around amongst them with her bill. There are still 3. At 1:35 Green-eyes was in the glade digging. I went up to the nest and Brown-eyes began calling in an almost inaudible, short chirp. Green-eyes came to the nest with a large angle-worm which he did not offer to his mate, nor did she reach for it, but immediately dived out of the nest. G.E. stood on the edge reaching down into the nest, and it looked exactly as if she were offering the worm to the eggs as he dangled it over them. After doing this a few moments, he ate the worm and then squatted down on the eggs. The object in taking the worm to the nest is not clear. The first egg laid has now been in process of incubation ten days: the second nine and the third eight. If they all have "fuses" of the same length, they should hatch on successive days. March 19th. Greenie on the nest at 7:45 A.M., Brownie across the road which runs by the north side of the old oak. Brownie flew down from the bank, which is here about 5 feet high, and came on the run for soft-food from hand, then retired to dig at the top of the bank. Here she unearthed a large China cricket and appeared much excited over the capture. She began pounding it on the ground and shaking it violently in her bill. Sometimes she would throw it as much as four feet, sometimes losing it temporarily amongst the leaves on the ground. At last it was in proper condition to be swallowed and she bolted it, a large lump appearing on her throat, slowly sliding downward. This is the first time that I have seen external evidence of food in the gullet. At 9:15 one of the birds climbed up to the top of the highest snag