a few minutes on the same twig as the female Green-back, at about 20 feet from the nest and it seemed for a time that the nest might be that of a Lawrence. However, the female objected to the presence of the Lawrence, driving it away, and later I saw the male Green-back join the female in working on the nest. He also sat and preened about ten feet from me for fully five minutes, so he was easy to identify. These birds are now using the cotton batting which I have put out for them). ( Add to birds at 40 Selborne Drive the Turkey Buzzard and the Western King-bird. The former seen on the 6th. and the latter this morning) 8:30 A.M. One thrasher on the nest, the other not to be seen. am 9:15 Looking out the window as I was writing, I note one of them gobbling "pudding" at the thrasher table. The quail are eating from their table outside the window 8 feet from this machine. They can see and hear everything that takes place in this room as the window is large and goes clear down to the floor. The top of their table is about level with this floor. If they fly suddenly--as they just did when a door slammed-- they blow a shower of wheat and corn against the window panes. As I punched the period for the last sentence, they were back again on the table, looking at me suspiciously, but eating nevertheless. 9:30 Brown-eyes, out near the berry-patch, came quickly for soft food. Evidently this item of diet, no longer being available at the table, is very acceptable from the hand. I held the box of worms just out of her reach and, after stretching to her utmost to get at the contents, she surrendered to the inevitable, jumped up on my hand and ate every last worm. She was too nervous yesterday, with Mr. Walter Sampson and his camera on a tripod 17 feet away, to take this liberty.(That is the camera was on the tr.)