to the accompaniment of resounding thwacks. As all of these agonies evidently failed to convince her audience of that food was necessary, from me, she reassembled herself, turned her back on me and stalked off into the bushes. Meanwhile Green- eyes, down in the nest, continued to transmit British Thermal Units to the eggs while a hot sun shone on his back. April 13 At a little before 8 o'clock Brown-eyes was at the oval lawn and [illegible] in her [illegible] up for the first time, in response to call, came up into the upper court amongst the azaleas and rhododendrons to eat from my hand. A little later Green-eyes came for worms. There is always one bird on the nest and incubation started with the first egg as before. Late in the afternoon as Brown-eyes was approaching along a path, she saw a lizard sitting on a stone a little to one side of her route and paused for a moment to administer one good peck at him, then continued along the path without further concern about t the lizard other than to watch him scamper into the bushes. These reptiles do not seem to be regarded as potential food supply, but as somewhat interesting phenomena; calling for occasional notice. Brown-eyes, about ten feet away on+ the ground, rendered a very fine undersong with flicker variations. Imitation of the flicker was exceedingly deceptive, occuring [illegible] with startling suddenness [illegible] at unexpected intervals, sounding as if a hundred yards away. The effect is strange. The bird will be singing softly, bill closed, but throat pulsating, when suddenly the song seems to cease and, simultaneously the call of a flicker (in this case) is heard in the distance. The illusion is perfect as the singer seems to pause and