(72) they will no longer ignore the advantages of this place. The purple finch, reputed to be wilder and more given to nesting more remote from dwellings, nests here every year). (Birds whose nests have been found kat my place since I have lived here, beginning July 1927: 1 Plain Titmouse 2 California Bushtit 3 Spotted Towhee 4 California Towhee 5 Western Robin 6 Purple Finch 7 Wren Tit 8 Vigor Wren 9 California Thrasher 10 Junco 11 Lazuli Bunting 12 Lutescent Warbler 13 Song Sparrow 14 Goldfinch Greenback(?) 15 Hummingbird (A used nest, not identified) 16 California Quail 17 House finch - bnnuelt (Sw 29 30) Apr 1933 Birds seen gathering nesting material here 1 Allen Hummingbird (Spider webs, plant down, yarn 2 Anna " " 3 Chipping Sparrow 4 Gambel " 5 Flicker (Drilling hole in dead limb which later broke off) For birds that skulk about the bushes, these thrashers are surprisingly open and trusting about their nesting operations. I was practically shown by them where the first nest was, by having one bird pick up nesting material right along side of me and carrying it directly to the nest, which I had not previously seen , about 8 feet away, with no attempt at taking a devious course or concealing its movements. Again, this morning, as noted, when Brown-eyes came through the fence in response to my call, she picked up a twig within about six feet of me and carried directly to the new nesting site, aband- oning temporarily the food idea, but returning almost immedi-