(525) B&G frolic over worms. seized a billful and ran to G, who was now in the bushes, and as she reached for them, B darted behind a bush and offered them from the other side, only to retreat again when G rose to the bait. This was repeated 5 or 6 times, until G finally gave chase and there was a whirlwind for some time in the bushes, so I did not see the outcome. This seemed to be in the spirit of pure play. The rest og the day I fed a large proportion of meal-worms to the young birds and the dull one seemed to improve. Usually I have been giving their last meal of the day about 5 or, in one case, 5:30 P.M., then no more until morning. At 10:30 P.M., when I looked at them, they were both so animated and so hungry that I gave them a very small amount of food. November 16th. Both young bright. The youngsters were not heard calling this morning, but at about 7:30 were bright and cheerful and there seemed no difference in their desire for food. They wanted to get out of the nest, and one of them jumped out and was able to navigate fairly well. The other joined his nest-mate, but was not quite so agile. Reaction of parents to young. About 9:10 I took them to the glade to observe the reactions of the parents towrd them. Brownie soon appeared when called, coming from the "chaparral". He would not feed them and seemed wary of them, spreading out his wings and tail, crouching low and opening his bill, keeping one to three feet away from them and, once, "hailied" at them. They both jumped out, fluttered and jumped along the ground to get to him, instantly interested in him, but he retreated, after taking the worms offered him, and sailed over the fence in a sweeping arc down into the chaparral. I suspected that Greenie was there and he had gone to tell her the news. Sure enough, shortly there was the bluebird call behind me and G came out and approached the nest (in which I had replaced the chicks), keeping low to the ground, and in much the same attitude as her mate. The