(20) The nest has been compacted and now seems much smaller than when it was just a rough platform. It doubtless is smaller, as I have seen them take hold of the outer twigs and fold them in toward the center. The exact boundary lines are not, of course, perfectly defined, but it appears to be about 14 inches in external diameter. If they are not working on it now (9:15 A.M.) I shall measure it... 9:25. The one I call the female was sitting in the nest doing nothing at all. Using the form, weight and warmth of the body to give the materials a permanent set(?). After a few minutes she came down and over to me without being called or enticed in any way, so I gave her soft food. She likes to stand with one foot on the ground and the other on my hand. The other bird bird came out of the brush and stood watching about 3 feet away, and then, getting bored, ran off down the road in the direction of the oval lawn. I could see every whisker on both of them, and, except for the eyes, I could discern no permanent differences between them. Not counting random twigs, the nest, by actual measurement, may be fairly considered as 12 to 14 inches.in diameter yes, and could With wings closed, it is hard to state precisely what feathers have the lighter margins previously noted. Just now, on the female, it looked as if it might be some of the coverts and the tertiary flight feathers. 1:00 P.M. As the Elephant Child in the Just So stories said, when the Crocodile had him by the nose:" This is to buch for be!" Also these birds, like the Tortoise and the Hedgehog in the same stor- ies, seem to have entered into a deliberate conspiracy to confuse me. About ten o'clock they were digging in the glaed and turning over pieces of loose bark and rotten wood which have fallen from the old oak and cover the ground, and as they were getting fair