(435) as I approached. I went to the glade and both came to me, Greenie on the chair beside me and Brownie as usual on my knee. Both were very hungry. Brownie kept repeating a soft cat-like call: M o w h M o w h Q as in cow; the h on the end is supposed to represent an aspirated sound. The arrow represents falling inflection at the beginning of the syllable and rising at the end. Greenie used a similar call but with more of a whine in it. The general effect of both was pleading. They both returned to the nest when their appetites were tem- porarily satisfied. B poached on G only once. 10:30. One of them tugging very hard at a refractory twig at the nest. 11:55. At 11:15 I went to the nesting tree, finding both birds busy. When they left I placed a step-ladder so that I could put some twigs near the nest. While I was doing this Brownie suddenly appeared close to my hand (about 6 inches from the nest and below it) with scarcely a sound. I offered her a stem of a brake about a foot long which she took in her bill while I still had the other end in my fingers and tried to put it in the nest. While she was struggling with it I placed a few twigs here and there, some being stuck in the side of the nest loosely so that the birds could get them out easily. Brownie did not like this, and although she made no sound and showed none of the usual evidences of anger or excitement such as ruffling up the feathers, etc., she let go of the brake, moved over to my hand (about a foot) and pecked me hard twice, showing no fear while doing so and not retreating as if expecting retaliation. I continued placing twigs and she followed my hand and pecked me several times again. Although she accepted my offerings, she evidently did not like