thrashers is very marked. The eyes of the young ones are not yet opened and their bills show no indication whatever of their final form. I did not again visit the nest during the daylight hours, but the birds were seen to be active, carrying food in their bills to the nest. At 7:30 P.M. an inspection tour showed everything quiet in the thrasher household and the only other birds stirring were the robins and the Brown towhees. Neither adult robin was on the nest and the young ones were stretching out their necks to the sky. Another round at 7:40 revealed neither sight nor sound of animalx bird life, except that it was now seen the an adult robin was on the nest. Except for tree frogs and crickets there was no sound to be heard other than those coming from a distance. To date this year the following birds have nested here; i.e. their nests have been actually found of: 1 Plain Titmouse 2 Bush Tit 3 Wren Tit 4 Spotted Towhee 5 Brown " 6 Western Robin 7 Vigor Wren 8 Point Pinos Junco 9 California Quail 10 " 11 Thrasher 12 Alameda Song Sparrow 13 Linnet (House Finch) 14 Purple Finch 15 Green-backed Goldfinch 16 Lawrence 17 Gambel (or Nuttall(?)) Sparrow (50 ft. outside my line, lives and eats here) Gathering nesting material, but nests not found: 1 Anna Humming Bird 2 Allen " Birds frequently seen and undoubtedly nesting either inside the lines or close thereto: