(453) went out again. I heard continuous conversation in an oak, seldom visited by these birds, and approached carefully. They were sitting a few feet apart about 15 feet from the ground preening. When they saw me Brownie immediately began working her way down to me from branch to branch, although I had not invited her, and when she was within reach, I held out the worm box. She came down the main trunk, gripped a corrugation of the bark with one foot and the box with the other, looking like a heraldic eagle, rampant. Greenie came to my feet. Yet a short time ago they were nearly indifferent to my offerings, now they came on their own initiative, still full of talk. As I wished to observe them further, I had to get more worms. On my return at 9:50, they were 50 yards from this tree, sitting together on the eastern boundary fence. From there they went up into a small Flute-like oak outside and I went out on the side-walk to watch them. They were tones. talking in fluting tones and using thrush-like trills and much interested in each other. However, when I offered worms, they came down New talk, and ran across the side-walk to me, still with this new talk, which, opening bills. I noticed, requires them to open their bills fairly wide and close it with each syllable. This is unusual, except in full song. After these months of observation, recording everything that seemed pertinent, there is scarcely a day passing without some new call, talk, song or behavior being observed. 10:40. At 10:20 they two birds were foraging near the nest. Greenie went up to it first, closely followed by Brownie. They passed G sits in through the house on the way. B sat in the nest and G on it. They house. billed. G retired to the house and preened in it. They continued talking, then G flew to the old oak and called loudly : G, ± C, ± __ .__ __ __ __ You're-a-khweet, You're-a-khweet. Pit-youri. Brownie immediately left the nest and joined him, both sitting close together on a dead limb for some minutes. After that there was some