(278) Neither Brownie nor Greenie seemed to cherish any ill feelings towards me and came to me for worms as usual, but less frequently because they were not able to dispose of it as they wished, but on account of their anxiety principally, I decided to release the brood and let the parents care for them as they wished to do. I gathered them all up, fed them and put them on the lawn. The parents were already there and began feeding them at once. They all gradually scattered into the trees and bushes surrounding the oval lawn, since it was now getting well along in the evening, and shortly all was quiet again. If anything happens to them, it will be in the natural course of events and not through intervention of mine. Perhaps if the parents bring them through to the point where they begin to show indifference to their welfare I may pick them up again--if they become as friendly as the first brood--and keep them under observation. I do not care to break the family ties at this juncture. July 18th. About 8 A.M. I went out for a general survey. Greenie was on the oval lawn, came and got worms which he took off in the direction of the orchard. As I passed the glade, Brownie came out, got a good load, went back in, but went out at the other side. I followed her to where she was feeding one of the youngsters in a bush at the oval lawn and stood with my eyes about two feet from the operation, neither bird being embarrassed by my presence. Brownie dropped several of the worms during the process and while re- covering them, uttered a loud, sustained, musical call, evidently in- tended for her mate, because he answered similarly from the direction of the nest. I do not know whether it was intended to tell him that she had located a source of food, or that it was simply for the purpose of keeping in touch and advising that all was well; but think the latter. She also sang a little to herself while searching for the dropped worms, and is just as friendly as ever. I made no further