not raining. (495) November 1st. No early singing or calling heard. About 8 A.M., as I approached the nest, B ran toward me, jumped up to my hand where he sat contentedly eating worms and flirting his tail--the latter a new gesture. He took no meal-worms to the nest, but foraged near me and got something [illegible] which he did. His arrival there was announced by talk from G and chirpings by the nestlings. No change of shift was made. When I went up G, although she would take nothing from me in B's absence, was considerably less wooden than she has been lately on the nest. Increased feeding. 5:05 P.M. (Temp. 60; Sunset 5:12). The youngsters are now noticeably eating more food and the parents are showing more interest in my whereabouts. Brownie is the more zealous feeded of the two adults. If both happen to be off the nest at the same time (which is now becoming a more frequent occurrence) he hurries up to it, if he sees me going up to it, but shows no anxiety if I put my hand in it and usually waits patiently on the rim until it is withdrawn. He then, usually, looks the youngsters over and steps quietly in. A few minutes ago I handed him six worms in succession; these he divided equally between the chicks without preparing them in any way. He then settled in the nest and would take no more, even for had himself. This is the largest feed I HAVE seen them have to date; but when I went to the glade Greenie came and got two more, prepared them both carefully and took them to the nest. This was repeated by B in a minute or two, so that in a space of about 10 minutes the babies were given 10 meal-worms. November 2nd. 10:15 A.M. No early morning singing; in fact the birds confine their vocal utterances almost entirely to the "bluebird" call, which may be variously interpreted as: pewh, khewh, kewk and so forth,