(214) passes directly under it. The birds, however must have discovered this when they built it. The twig picking-up-and-dropping recorded in these notes when the young had left nest No.3, must, after all, have been a sign of intention to build again . I have also noted, but not recorded previously, that Brownie, while feeding the young the last two days, has occasionally picked up and dropped a soap root fibre.Evidently that action coincided with lining activity. I noticed yesterday that the nest was not lined. I stood under the nest a few minutes ago and both birds regarded me very complacently. I wonder if they think they have "put one over on" me. If so, they are pretty nearly right. Further, I suspect, that they have entangled me in another invisible web which will impede tend to limit my radius of action. However, they seem to like this place. 11:30 Greenie sitting in the nest "doing nothing". Brownie in the glade brought the family out to eat as I sat down. I covered the worm box with my hand so that she would have to work to get the worms. She repeatedly seized the rim of the can in her bill and tried to get it out from under. Brownie (1:10 P.M.) is having a long shift on the nest. Greenie is in the glade looking out for all three babies. His attitude toward them is a little mixed as he sometimes repulses them very roughly and at others feeds them worms which he gets from me. Perhaps he partially realizes that, in running two establishments at the same time, he has some obligations toward both. The new state of affairs will make it difficult, if not impossible,to get all 5 birds together for a cpicture. June 16th. At 7:30 this morning, Greenie and the three youngsters had left the glade and were on the oval lawn, which showed evidence of violation of the gentleman's agreement in respect to digging in it. Brownie was on the new nest, and in the absence of her restraining influence it looks as if this WEEK might be the beginning of