Brown-eyes, within the anticipated few seconds, appeared, calmly inspected the eggs and took over the job like an old hen. These birds are certainly faithful and conscientious incubators (or as it "ers"?). Incidentally while B.E. was singing from her high perch, her mate was responding from the nest with a similar song, but not so loud. Exhale Calling back and forth with low chirps when the shift is about to be made is quite the regular thing, usually initiated by the bird that is off duty; but this is the first time I have [illegible] heard the bird in the nest answer song with song. When I first possibly heard it I thought it might be indicative of a successful issue at the nest; however, such was not the case. (The robins are building a nest in the crotch of a small oak about ten or twelve feet from the ground and about 8 feet from a window, where one can see it from the stairs with no ob- structions of any kind in the way. It is nearly finished). (I am sure there was no nest there on the 18th. as I examined the tree carefully for nests on that date as the tree was to be --and was--sprayed for caterpillars on the morning of that date. They have worked rapidly).(Also confirmed this morning, Spotted Towhee nest--four eggs--in a Penstemon about 3 feet above the ground--the first I have found that was not on the ground. I knew they were building in the vicinity--a usual one--but had looked only on the ground. Also California Towhee nest in the lower branches of a small pine, about three feet above the ground. They have built in this tree several times before. Did not look in the nest. The Junco and Quail nests in the court seem definitely abandoned). again Several times this morning Brown-eyes has perched on high points in the open and sang. Maybe "she" is "he"; but if so, "he" is the only one of the pair that I have seen make unmistakable? egg-laying movements (twice), each time revealing an egg that