(138) departed quietly and without haste. Brown-eyes remained standing quietly as if to give me a chance to see what was in the nest, showing absolutely no signs of fear. There were three youngsters all covered with a dark mouse-colored down. I was too close for the focus of my glasses and drew back to about 18 inches. Brown-eyes then fed one of the chicks and settled into the nest facing me as before. There was no sign of alarm or resentment and no evident tension. I then offered her a worm and she opened her beak wide like a young bird but did not offer to reach forward and take it from me--she wanted me to feed her!? She kept her beak open as long as I held the worm there, but on account of my awkward position and an obstructing twig I was unable to put the worm in her mouth, so I laid it on the nest, whereupon she picked it up without haste and swallowed it. This is another new performance. As these notes show, on previous occasions I had unsuccessfully tried to get both of these birds to take worms from me while on the nest, although I pushed them against their bills. This asking to be fed is also a new phase, that is, in their relations to me, although it is common with the two adults under observation. It looks as if this change of attitude might signalize their admission of me into their family circle. In fact, on this last occasion, Exam unable to xxx their behavior toward me differed in no essential way from that towards each other under similar conditions. (12:50. The one legged male linnet that spends most of its time sitting in the seed trough of the Fuchsia station eating and repelling other birds, has just been feeding a full grown young linnet. I was not aware that he had any family connections and am pleased to see that he is justifying his existence ). Seen at the same distance and time and under the same conditions of illumination, the contrast in eye color of the two adult