June 19th. At 7:45 Brownie, in the glade, brought out her flock to be fed. After this they had a game of hide-and-seek, one bird hiding behind a bush and dashing out at another one when discovered--as near as I could tell--then chasing the other which would dodge behind a bush and so forth. Sometimes they would all hide, crouch close to the ground, peek out at each other and then there would be another wild chase. I looked closely at the wren-tit in the nest and the iris is not white as described in books--although nearly so--but brassy in appearance, showing a perceptible yellow tinge. The bird withstood close inspection without flying away. I had looked for the nest--not very carefully-- some time ago in the same tree when the birds were seen carrying nesting material and it was only an accidental squirt of water from the hose which caused the occupant of the nest to flush and disclose its presence. One is able to stand comfortably in the open and see the nest and its contents without moving a twig or touching a leaf). About 10 A.M. in response to a call from Greenie in the nest, Brownie relieved him but with reluctance, as she wanted to come to me for worms. I went to the glade and two of the youngsters came out to be fed. When Greenie appeared he wanted food for himself, but did not offer to feed the young birds and did not drive them away. I had thought that one of the babies was beginning to show a little more red in its iris a few minutes before Greenie arrived, so as I had an opportunity to compare their eyes when they were now at arm's length from me and a few inches from each other in identical light, I looked carefully, but saw no differences in color or shade and no change in Greenie's eye color since it was first noted. 10:45 Still photo of hole dug in bank by the thrashers. f/16--1/25 sec. --6 feet. A hard rocky bank, where a pipe trench had been dug and back filled with clay and sand-stone. (See next p.)