(489) matter of fact, it is definitely known to be less. I then offered Greenie a worm and she froze as usual. I placed it directly under her bill and retreated part way down the ladder, waiting there. She picked up the worm, backed to the far side of the nest, partly out of it, reached down into the nest as I stepped up to the platform. She raised her head, still partly out of the nest, and froze. The worm was gone. I thought I could freeze as long as she, so made the effort and won the contest (raining), for Greenie thawed first, reached down inside, raised her head, and there was the worm in her bill! She froze in that attitude, so I waited. Finally she thawed and ate the worm herself, then resumed her hovering attitude calmly. Of course, nothing was proved definitely, but the circumstan- tial evidence is pretty strong that her intention was to feed that worm to that chick when she first took it. The case will have to be "continued" as the lawyers say. If the bird off duty ever uses the glass house as a night roost, tonight would seem to be a good time for it to make the trial, as it is raining hard. 5:25. No sign of the bird off duty. The gutters are carrying water for the first time in many months. Raining heavily. 7:25. Still raining heavily. Just went to look at the nest and see how the rain was affecting things. No bird was in the glass house. That shows how conservative they are, as they go through it practically every time there is a movement to or from the nest and frequently sit in in a few minutes at a time during the day. Nothing could be seen of the bird off duty. The one on the nest is due for a good wetting on its back at least. The long tail cocked up at an angle makes a good flume to run the rain down into the nest. The Trees con- concentrate rain. effect of the dense foliage on these trees is to concentrate the rain into more or less definite vertical streams. An object as large as a man intercepts plenty of these. A bird, if properly placed, might