Brown-eyes stood over them and probed about with her bill before settling. They were in view 9 seconds by stop-watch. This bird frequently faces in the direction opposite to that of her mate and does not at all mind turning her back toward me and not watching me. The eggs are not quite centrally disposed in the nest, but off center toward the S.W. In this position Green-eyes has them pressed more against the breast and Brown-eyes more against the belly. On the previous shift I had thought that the latter had appeared to study the position of the eggs deliberately and that turning her back on me was merely incidental to bringing her belly in contact with the eggs. Her mate, who is much more timid in my presence, seems to consider it a good plan to keep an eye on me, eggs or no eggs. I pushed a worm against his bill this morning and his neck was as stiff as a post. March 25th. A cold, gloomy morning, rain threatening. At 7:50 Brown-eyes was on the nest. While I was looking for G.E. he suddenly appeared at the nest and took charge before I could look into it. At 10:25 Green-eyes on the nest. Fed Brown-eyes in the glade and went to the nest, the bird arriving as soon as I. As she took charge she looked over all three carefully. This time she faced south; wind and rain were coming in from that direction. This is practically the end of the 17th. day of incubation, counting from the time that incubation was started on the first egg and assuming that the process continues throughout the night, which of course it does. For the last egg laid it is 15th. day. "If, when and as" the first egg hatches, as the eggs were not marked, it will not be possible to tell whether it hatched in the order of its being laid or not.