(196) Greenie had been taking care of the two birds and Brownie one. None of these youngsters can fly, although their wings are of assistance in descending from a high point. They are very good climbers, and going up ten feet in an oak or pine is not difficult for them if there are plenty of small branches. At 6:00 all three young, judging by their soft calls, are in the glade. Brownie is feeding them all at present. One of them was where I could reach him easily, about five feet from the ground in a baccharis, and on seeing me close to him, stretched out toward me and I gave him some d food. It has not yet been necessary to hold any of them to induce them to take food and they take it silently, do not beg for it audibly and do not quiver their wings. Their droppings are no longer enclosed in a sheath. (This is to be inserted in play episode on page 194, as it was omitted. A She also picked up a large twig twice and dropped it again, one of the times, looking up into the tree where nest No.1 was built. AXXXM A few moments after she became much interested in something at the foot of a sage brush about six feet away. Whatever it was, was considered to involve some danger, as she would approach it cautiously and then retreat repeatedly. At last she pecked something, retreated quickly with a little squeak, shaking her head, bit pieces of earth from the corner of a soft clod, rubbed her beak through the soft earth filling it with earth, knocked it all out again, and made tasting movements and in every way acted the part of one who wanted to get rid of a bad taste. Finally she wiped off her beak well on surrounding objects. I was unable to find what the offensive object was). June 6th. At 6:20 A.M. a thrasher was singing on the roof of the house. At 7:20 Brownie came out of the brushy part of the glade and took two or three helpings of worms to one of the young ones and then loafed. It would seem that the others were not there and that