(216) having melted in the sun. Yet there was soft food available right "under her nose." This seems to have been a deliberate choice on her part. She followed this by digging in the earth and picking out small pebbles and pieces of gravel which she fed to the young. There can be no mistake about this observation, as the young were lying comfortably within three feet of me also. They were also coming to me occasionally for soft food. When they had had enough they settled down and dozed about three feet away and one of them at intervals practiced his song, previously noted. This was done with beak open, already but it was noted that he had his beak open because of the sun's heat. Previously one of these youngsters, under the evil influence Greenie of Brownie, had imitated the latter in assaulting my lawn and had two secured angle worms. The first, a small one, was immediately abandoned. An attempt was made to break up the second, but it was also abandoned in the end. I naturally wondered where the third youngster was all this time, as it was now getting on toward noon. I found him in the glade all by himself and apparently contented. After some coaxing, he came out of the bushes and had a worm and some soft food. 6:00 P.M. Away all the afternoon until 5:45, at which time I entered the glade, having seen nothing of the young birds at the oval lawn. Immediately one came running towards me followed almost at once by the other two. I sat on the ground and gave them all the soft food they wanted and a worm or two. Greenie appeared shortly, and after administering a rebuff to one of his offspring, came to me for food also, all of which he ate himself. Clearly he thinks it time for the little fellows to shift for themselves. June 17th At 6:30 A.M. Greenie was in the nest. I went to the Glade and Brownie and the three youngsters came out for food, which I gave them as they swarmed around me where I sat on the ground. For