Their ear openings are very large and their mouths are split a long way back into their heads so that the yellow "hinges" are well aft of their eyes. They must be well fed as they were sleeping soundly did not open their mouths even when Green-eyes came to the nest and plumped himself firmly down on top of them. He regarded me without evident hostility, but at the same time seemed to think it was just as well not to take any chances. He to himself offered them no food and regarded my tender of worms with indif- ference. Some time I hope to be able to hit upon the proper designation of his eye color. (See Later) (The grosbeaks have found and now use the sunflower feeding sta- tion in the upper court. No signs of orioles. The Green-backed Goldfinch is now "alwys" on the nest and has been for several day At about 11:30, while attempting to entice the thrush from the bushes near the goldfinch nest, Green-eyes came out instead and took worms to the nest. I moved on to the cherry tree to watch for the orioles, and Brown-eyes came limping from the direction of the nest, for she was distinctly lame. On arriving she stood on one foot for a time, then had a good meal of soft food which I offered her before the worms. She then gathered up all the worms her bill would possibly hold, until it, in fact looked like a centipede and then waddled off up the road toward the nest, as she cannot now run very well. In gathering these worms, which happened to be small ones, she made such a ludicrous job of it that it was difficult to keep from bursting out laugh- ing right in her face. It was like trying to repress a sneeze. 3:00 P., We are making progress. I went to the glade, sat in the chair with a supply of soft food and worms. Brown-eyes came from someplace, pecked about, stretched and preened at my feet. In a minute or so she thought it well to come up and investigate. She found both worms and soft food and although, she herself was very hungry as will appear later, she took