(168) gave to one chick. I then offered [illegible] the parents moistened soft- which food which they ate themselves, picking up the crumbs from off of the babies. This food was given to them in a spoon. Green- eyes--the wild one--would open his bill like a young bird and allow me to put the food in either with the spoon or by hand, seeming to prefer the latter method, though he would help himself too. As long as I was at the nest, which was about 15 minutes, both adults remained there taking food placidly and apparently happy. They gave none of it to the young, who are now able to make a low chirping sound that seems to come from far away. Their mouths are bright yellow in- side. When I left, so did B.E., her mate remaining on duty. He has stayed in the nest continuously certainly for more than an hour. May 26 The behavior of Green-eyes is puzzling. At 8 A.M. he holding the fort with no signs of his mate about. I offered him worms and soft food while he was hovering the ypung, but he would not even look at them. From previous experience, this was not unexpected, and I was quite sure, based also on past observation, that when his mate appeared at the nest, he would change his mind. In a few minutes she came with a large China Cricket, which Green-eyes took from her bill and tried to push down the throat of one of the babies, but due, principally I think, to his awkward position, he could not make it. As a consequence he gave it to another one instead. Immediately Green- eyes was all animation, reaching for the food in the spoon and taking it in large lumps. Brown-eyes, from her position behind him, reach- ed over his back for her share and both continued eating hungrily for several minutes, picking up the crumbs that dropped on and in the nest and on the young birds, keeping everything tidy while the meal was in progress. They did not offer any to the youngsters, who, during this period remained perfectly still to the eye, but kept up an incessant fairy chorus, almost inaudible and seemingly coming from a remote