alike. The location was the same as that of the previous encounter, there was the same number of spectators, although Mr. Sampson replaced Julio today. Today there was a camera on a tripod, but the birds paid no attention to it. The snake was less active and also, presumably, Brownie must have learned--or at least had had a good opportunity to learn from the previous encounter--something as to its lack of formidability in a personal encounter and its undesirability as food. This is, of course, mere conjecture and does not explain why Greenie adopted the same attitude unless he had had previous encounters with the same snake or one like him. July 16th. Brownie came up to the upstairs porch for breakfast. No thrashers in the glade at 8 A.M. At 11 A.M. I noticed Brownie carrying a large object to the nest, so hurried there. Brownie was standing over the young birds and one of them was making heroic efforts to swallow a lizard but could not get its fore feet and legs by the corners of its mouth. I watched long enough to see that it was clearly an impossible feat, then pulled it out with no protests from the youngster or its mother. The head was gone and it was quite limp. I proceeded to dismember it, finding it exceedingly tough. It was an adult with eggs. I distributed various portions directly to the young and also via Brownie, the latter also eating parts of it herself. The eggs were about the size of those of the Bush Tit and had no shells. It had only the stump of a tail, the wound having healed over. The body length between point of attachment of the legs was about 2 inches. As a guess, I suppose it was originally about 4 inches overall. Every vestige was eaten--bones and all. The nest and its vicinity will be watched for pellets. At the price of meal-worms as usually sold, I should say this lizard was worth about $1.50 on the hoof, assuming the bones to be digestible!