(135) public in general and his mate in particular, probably with a summons to the latter to appear. Third, his conversation on her appearance might have covered more specific details of the event. Fourth, the taking of the worm was merely the repe- tition of previous acts. Fifth, Brown-eyes' tapping in the nest and subsequent exit, stood for assisting a chick from the shell or breaking up the fragments of an egg and disposing of them. Not knowing whether there has ever been even one egg in this nest, the foregoing is only speculation. However, it is about time to see if anything has happened and, if getting at the nest does not involve too much hazard to the thrasher family, I shall have a try at it now (3:04 P.M.). 3:11 Green-eyes was on the nest. I had to make a pretty big disturbance to get at it, but Green-eyes did not depart. I felt under him--at least one chick--very small and probably just hatched. Green-eyes himself had so many of his own legs and feet about that I did not care to risk stirring things about too much, so I do not know what else is in the nest at present, but later will investigate on the change of a shift Green-eyes was xxxk tail toward me. When I crushed up through the branches and twigs he stood up and looked down at me, then settled down again. I put out my hand and touched him gently, as I did not want him to explode too violently and wreck tthings. However he did not cringe, or show fear, or even move when I felt around under him, though he kept his head turned and watched me over his back. When I withdrew my hand, he opened his beak at me but made no sound, hostile or other- wise. As these birds behave in the same way towards each other, I have no legitimate grounds for complaint! It is true or otherwise that I have only partially verified the basic correctness of the foregoing speculation by as a result of my unscientific