(108) before, did not see why he should mx run the risk of having me grab him when the utmost he could expect to get out of me was soft-food and he could get all of that he wanted from the feeding station. However, if he went around behind me where the ground was higher, it might be that things would be different there, anyway he could have a better look. No use.So off he ran to the berry patch. At 5:45 everything was quiet in the glade . One bird was sitting quietly in the nest,but by request, came down to eat, first singing a little, then after eating, retiring to a sage bush six feet away and singing some more. A compromise between under- song and full voice. This was Brown-eyes. April 29 At 7:15 A.M. neither bird was on the nest, both were across the road in the north eastern corner\ hunting for food. Brown-eyes came on call but Green-eyes continued his own affairs and then went up to the nest, followed by Brown-eyes. The sky can be seen through the nest, although they have used up prac- tically all of nest NO.1, as far as I can see. At 9:15 one bird was in the nest. I called and it proved to be BrOwn-eyes. She came hopping down from twig to twig and held out to I showed her the box of worms at a height of about 5 feet,near a limb. For the first time she ate while sitting on a limb without coming down to the ground. She picked the worms out one at a time without sweeping the bram aside,therefore when I have given her the box to eat out of she has swept all of the bran out. Why did she not do it while sitting in the tree this time? During this performance Green-eyes was carrying lining to the nest. I went down to Nest No. 2 and took out both eggs. The nest was full of Argentine ants. One egg was pipped,and on opening it I found a fully developed young-one covered with ants. The second egg was sterile. The ants may have been the cause of the death of the