(115) she would come; so I whistled and called and she soon appeared under a blooming Ceanothus where she appeared to be much inter- ested in the bees humming over her head, looking up curiously. I held my hand so that she would have to stand on tip-toes to get the worm. It is curious how these birds can elongate [illegible] a themselves. Stretching for [illegible] the worm, her appearance is entirely altered from normal. She becomes longer, taller and much thinner; about the difference that there is between a duck and a game- cock. Finally I held my hand so high above the ground that she had to fly up to get the worms. Cherries are ripening (about 10 days later than usual) and it remains to be seen whether the thrashers will join the other birds in taking toll of the crop. (Toll is really an understatement, as the owner of the tree gets the toll and the birds the crop). (Since I put out sunflower seed and Manchurian hemp I see more linnæts at one time than I usually see in days). (The young [illegible] purple finches are out of the nest begging for food. The adults [illegible] nesting weeks ago, but I have not looked for the nest) A little after L.P.M. I went to the glade. Green-eyes in the ed nest, Brown-eyes on the ground. I offer the latter raisins, but she would only turn them over with her bill and not eat them I stretched out on the ground and she played about me for several minutes, even trying an exploratory peck or two to see if she could dig under me. I put the box of worms on my hip and she started to climb up on me, but slipped on the tin box of soft food and gave it up. She then inspected me from all sides much as she does an animal that has been killed. The day being very warm, she is holding her feathers very close to her body and looks very small and slender. After examining into the actions of a pair of Wren-tits in a small oak, she