food, the task would be more difficult, as the parents feed them local preferably on insects and the supply is limited, thus necessitating the parents' searching far afield. In the natural course, therefore, the young will follow them and perhaps not return. Moreover, it seems probable that the parents will eventually drive them off anyway to protect their own territorial rights, even if I should put them under temporary restraint and then release them. As I passed the glade at 12 M. Brownie was just going to the nest with angle-worms and stepped over what appeared to be a snake. Stealing up quietly, I found it to be an snake-lizard Alligator lizard about 14 inches long. Neither creature appeared to notice the other. were At 1:20 the youngsters XX sound asleep with Brownie watching over them peacefully. She was friendly, but wanted no food and I did not wake up the babies. Green-eyes was digging nearby, not very ear- nestly, as he frequently stopped and did nothing. I set up the movie camera (Slightly hazy, stop f5.6 Dis. 8'8", 4" telephoto) and centered it on the arm of my chair. Brownie came down about 1:25 and came immediately to the foot of my chair, but wanted no food for the time being. Until 2:15, except for two or three excursions to the nest of a minute or less duration, she was never once more than 6 feet from my chair. As she played about my feet she listened at a point about four feet away, like a robin, portions of and then began digging furiously, throwing the loose earth about three feet away from her. She dug a trench about 16 inches long, from three to 6 inches wide and deep enough so that at places her back was level with the surface of the ground. Occasionally she would back out and throw the waste heap further away and trim the banks where they were caving. She threw out bits of bark and small stone with side flicks of her bill. Most of her strokes were in one directionviz: