(147) observes that Green-eyes gets practically nothing from me. (His own fault). She is much more solicitous of his welfare than he is of hers, though he does feed her at times. I still "feel" that my original tentative identification of the sexes is cor- rect, although I can not prove it. Brown-eyes acts more like a housewife than does Green-eyes. I wish someone who really knows, if there is such a person, would definitely prove to my satis- faction which is which. (Have put a sun-flower feeding station in the Guigne cherry tree (the cherry that always ripens first). If this [illegible] combination does not convince the Blackheaded Grosbeaks that here is the place to build I shall be greatly disappointed. I grafted some later ripening cherries in the same tree and these branches are loaded. Then there is another later ripening cherry tree, early and late peaches and figs. With the berry patch there should be a good supply of fruit until well into November and if the berries are watered in the fall there should be some berries through Dec- ember. In any event well beyond the grosbeak season, (Six young Vigors wrens in the lath house this afternoon) May 20 At 6:30 one thrasher was off to the north-east somewhere, "scripping". I stood near the nest and Brown-eyes popped out of it and came to me expectantly. She would not eat anything herself, but took six worms in two trips to the nest, after giving them proper treatment. This was enough for the time being, so she remained in the nest hovering the young. (The Grosbeaks have been singing almost continuously since very early in the morning). 8:50 At 8:25 I sat in a chair on the steps leading from the road at the oval lawn up to the front steps of the house, watching the orioles eating and playing about in their temporary con- finement)