(460) of worms due to Brownie's increasing forbearance and her mate's decreasing inferiority complex. Roosting 6:00 P.M. At 5:55 Brownie went up to her nest and Greenie was settling on his perch, but still moving his head about to see where the various rustlings came from. Although he approves of the house, as shown today, he apparently has no present intention of occupying it at night. One wonders why these birds sleep apart: whether it is to avoid both being wiped out by a marauder at the same time, or whether one of them snores. Perhaps it should be made clear that Brownie sleeps in the nest, not on or near it. When it became evident that the venture was to be a serious one (as far as building was concerned) I wondered how fouling was to be avoided if Brownie persisted in occupying her customary perch directly over it. The problem has been simply solved. October 12th. No early song. No early singing heard. 8:20 A.M. I did not see the birds at any of their accustomed haunts, but, after several minutes of intermittent calling and listening, they came creeping silently out of the chaparral almost at my feet. When I entered the glade and sat down they came to me at once, full of talk. As Brownie was on my knee, Greenie would not come up, so I held one hand where he could reach it from the ground. He hooked his bill over my fingers and tried to pull my hand lower, and when this did not work, he took the end of a finger in his mouth and bore down card. As this was not satisfactory, he jumped to the chair beside me and everything worked out properly. Moulting not completed. 9:40. From a practical point of view the meal worms serve a very useful purpose, in that they enable me to observe the birds at close range, be sure of my identifications, etc. I noticed something white showing on Brownie's right wing, so