(169) distance. They do this without moving or opening their beak or eyes. When the parents had had enough, they closed up like clams and stared at me fixedly. They would not even take the worms now offered them, either for themselves or their brood. I could wipe the remains of their meal which adhered to their bills with my fingers, without obvious objection from either of them, Occasionally, when doing this, one of them would open its bill slightly; but they are constantly doing this when they touch each other, so when the act is performed at my to instance, it does not appear to be due either fear or hostility. The question that arises with regard to Green-eyes' behavior is, naturally, why is he such a clam and so stubborn on the nest, until his mate arrives and why does he then become so suddenly eager for food that he is the first to reach for it? Cain (Mr. Kane told me last night that there were no films in his camera, as he discovered later!) Saxyesterday 9:30 I find that Brown-eyes, who was on the nest at this time has the same characteristics, but is not so uncompromising as her mate. Rather than see a worm crawl off the edge of the nest and be lost she did take it and eat it herself and also took another one from my finger tips; but she distinctly preferred to be left alone. I suppose the bird occupying the nest is there primarily for the protection of the young at the time. Feeding them or themselves during this period of nest occupancy is not a part of the immediate programme. (Chased another Brown-Towhee out of the shop. It did not have to be caught). Cain Mr. Kane came about 11 to try for some movies of the thrashers, but the birds were very shy and even the tamer one persisted in keeping me between the camera and herself. They became very wild and did not seem like the same birds, yet 15 minutes after Mr. Kane left and the birds calmed down again, Green-eyes was singing from