(519) the young birds, took it to its mate, who ate it. It seems clear that B recognized the young birds as his offspring, or at least as birds to be fed. Neither seemed at all concerned about this procedure. Young take in-doors. Without fear. I then took nest and all indoors. The youngsters seem perfectly contented with this arrangement, showing no fear and appealing to me for food when they want it, sleeping meanwhile. 6:00 P.M. Neither of the adults could be found in the nest tree. The young are indoors sleeping comfortably in the nest with a light cloth over them. (Outside temp. 64) November 12th. Sleep all night. 8:00 A.M. (Temp. 57) The youngster remained perfectly quiet, as far as I could see, from 5 P.M. yesterday until about 5:45 A.M. this morning. An occasional chirp was heard at that time. About 6:30 I entered the room where they were and they immediately stood up in their nest, stretched their necks toward me and began calling. The watched me as I moved about the room. I gave them warm, moist soft-food with the squirt-gun . They are beginning to help a lit- le by "impaling" themselves when they feel the end of the glass tube in their throats. Their necks are stronger. All of their visible bodily functions seem to be normal and they are voiding their excrement by backing up to the edge of the nest and discharging it out of the way. Seem normal. Parents' attitude toward me unchanged. Young forgotten (?) At 7:45 A.M. I went to the glade to see how the adults would act towards this new situation. They both came to me at once from the bushes, Brownie jumping to my knee and Greenie to my left hand, then to my knee when B had gone. Both ate at the same time, showed neither fear of me nor resentment toward me and neither showed the slightest residue of a tendency to gather worms for feeding the, now, absent fledglings. I put the old nest back in its original place to see if any-