I continued to call and Green-eyes came running and flying toward me and sang while on the ground. Brown-eyes called and flew from the nest. Green-eyes, who was edging up to me for worms solved my dilemma (for I had no worms) by going up to the nest immediately. A third thrasher then appeared calling "Scrip", also and went into the glade. As I moved away I noted a Cooper or Sharp-shinned hawk sitting in the top of the old oak looking down into the glade. As I turned back he stooped into the glade. I rushed in to chase him out, as he appeared to be headed for the nest, but I could not find him. A few minutes afterwards a hawk was seen gliding about in circles overhead, which, from its square cornered tail, I assumed to be a Sharp-shinned. Inspection of the nest showed Green-eyes shifting himself into a more comfortable position. Presumably he had adopted some defensive attitude a few moments before and was now settling at ease. A last glance up into the tree showed an Anna Humminbird sitting in the place vacated by the hawk. (The Lawrence goldfinches are here at present and I am making a small feeding station for them, having two compartments, one for a special seed given me by Mr. Brock, believed to be very attractive to them, and the other for Mr. Brock's gold- finch mixture. 1:45 As I left the dining room I saw Green-eyes hop up on a bench about 50 yards away at the end of a path. I whistled and called to him and he immediately broke into full song and seemed much excited. He did not come to me but disappeared in the direction of the nest. He is becoming more vocal now than his mate, the reverse of the usual condition. (But a few days ago these notes record that our common linnet (House (House finch) was one of the most uncommon birds here. I decided to make it more attractive to them so followed