at the same time, protect my secret haunts from invasion by the birds. of the air. Incidentally this shop has a sky-light in the roof, and to date I have had to catch humming birds, wrens, titmice, towhees, Gambel sparrows and butterflies that have come in through the open dors and flown up into the skylight, from which point they will not descend. At other points inside the shop also I have extricated snakes and lizards. About 11:30 Brown-eyes suddenly appeared "scrapping" in the shop yard where I was building a platform to place at the thrasher nest. She jumped up on this platform which is about 5 feet high to get worms , and on a later trip I got a picture of her there. (F-11-1/50-11feet). At 1:30 I slipped in to the grade as quietly as I could and sat on the chair, making no spund, with the box of worms on my knee. In less than a minute Brown-eyes sauntered into view, came to my feet and preened, using oil from her oil gland. I made no sound nor movement. Soon she glanced up at me--the first direct look I could detect--hopped up on to one knee then to the other and swallowed two worms for her- sell and took four to the nest. (She does not kill the worms) She took up 11 worms in 4 trips and, as she did not return for several minutes I returned to make this entry. During this period I did not utter one sound or make any inviting gestures. She talked a little and was as deliberate as an old cow. When at ease this bird has a habit of puffing out her feathers and closing them in tightly again in rhythmic fashion . About 3:30 the platform at the thrasher nest was finished and I now have a safe and convenient place to observe the family. Green-eyes was on duty during the digging and hammering incident to the erection. When everything was finished I went up to see how everything "worked". The nest is about breast high and I have an unobstructed view. Brown- eyes arrived with two immense grubs of some sort, both of which she