(484) neighborhood, and was immediately relieved by Brownie. This seemed a good time to see if, by any chance, an egg had hatched 12 days after the first one was laid. There were 3 eggs still. Brownie looked a little cross when I prodded around under him, but immediately gobbled the offered worm and thereafter looked pleasant. (Compare G's attitude of yesterday's notes). G's call represented as closely as I am able to fit it into the musical scale is given below. This is the nearest I can get to it on the piano, but that instrument can not reproduce the exact inter- vals. This call was sounded twice in succession. G's call. Yerk, Yerk, Tork-peel-yay, Tork, etc. B eats termites. 1:00 P.M. (Temp.72). Aside from a good exhibition by Brownie of running a drift under the bath dish in the glade and eating termites, nothing to record out of the usual with the thrashers. Boreal Flicker. As I was watching this performance, there were goldfinches, Fox sparrows, Golden Crowns, Song Sparrows, Jays (Coast Steller and Cal.), Flickers, etc. in and out of the glade. One of the flickers black(?) had a brilliant red patch on the nape of its neck and [illegible] side stripes on the head. As I had never noticed this combination before, I looked up Hoffmann. I did not see the under side of its wings and tail, but it matched in other respects the description of the Boreal Flicker. At about 4:30 Brownie was in the glade coming silently for worms. Greenie suddenly appeared from the nest and the two birds seemed to argue as to the propriety of both being off at the same time, using the harsh, sibilant "hain" expression. Greenie was obviously hungry