occupy the titmouse house as a shelter during the night and the disturbance resulted, though this is only a guess. Both nests are fastened to branches of oaks 8 or 10 feet from the ground). May April 15 No new manifestations on the part of the thrashers; they are incubating faithfully. ( A pair of Lawrence Goldfinches were seen gathering nesting material at the oval lawn). The young spotted towhees left the nest yesterday, before they could fly. I have noticed that this is frequently the case with these birds). May 16 Brown-eyes visited me four times today where I was work- ing in the berry patch, each time approaching without solicita- tion and, on invitation, jumping up into my hand for worms. Where I had dug up the earth she got cut-worms and "China crickets." She does not seem to be interested in the berries themselves although other birds are gradually stripping the bushes. On unearthing the cricket, she laid it to one side for a short time while searching for more. This seems to be a thrasher trait. Green-eyes, between meal worms given to him on the oval lawn this morning, dug in the lawn restrainedly four or five feet away and pulled up two angle worms. The first one he laid along side the hole and the second one he partly ate, abandoning both in favor of the "pudding". I examined both worms and could see no difference between them. Apparently angle worms are not in high favor. (The spotted towhees are gathering material for another nest. The linnets are building in a pine branch that overhangs the road near the back door. There is clearance enough for the average car to pass underneath without touching, but a truck, such as an oil tank-truck will undoubtedly destroy the nest or damage it. I shall have to raise the branch. While looking