I Almost as soon as I could get there Brown-eyes climbed up and settled down in it with occasional glances up at me. In less than half a minute Green-eyes came, and, after a little billing, he took the place of his mate. The reason for this is not clear, as there are no eggs and the nest seems to be finished. 1:45. Went up to look at the nest. No birds in sight. Almost immediately, however, Brown-eyes popped into it from nowhere. They always approach the nest by climbing up through the branch- es from the ground. The inside is well lined with soap-root fibre and is a much better job than I expected, being deep and soft de- spite its scraggly outside appearance. My inspection caused no evi- dent resentment. I climbed down; the mate appeared from the bushes, and the bird in the nest came to me for worms. After this both went off to another part of the garden, seeming to have no further concern about the nest. March 8th. At 7:45 Green-eyes was sitting in the nest. Fed Brown-eyes. They then changed places, leaving the nest empty for a few seconds, and I saw that there were no eggs. At 9 A.M. Green-eyes was in the nest and B.E. was hanging around me about 50 feet from it. Suddenly loud outcries came from the nest in which I could distinguish the voices of the thrasher and the California Jay. B.E. and I rushed toward the nest and a Jay flew out with loud, raucous kriss screams. Brown-eyes got there first and when I arrived, she was standing on the edge of the nest caressing her mate, who sat in it looking up with open beak. This looks as if it might be the beginning of trouble. I cannot sit here all day with a gun, and a screen over the nest will not keep out the jays without excluding the thrashers as well.