over Brownie's attendance on No.4, her state of mind and her behavior all at the same time. So I sat down on the cushion on the ground and until 11:45, when he went to take a bath, Greenie never left me except to feed No. 4 a few feet (5 to 10) away. During this time his timidity was gradually shed and he was jumping up for proffered worms, digging in the worm box in my hand and picking soft-food almost from the dish at my knee just as freely as Brownie. He made about 30 trips with worms and about 20 with soft-food to No. 4 and ate no worms himself. His actions differed from Brownie's in that he would one take but worm at a time, whereas Brownie, unless restrained, might take 20. During all of this time Brownie was absent, although she was seen digging outside the glade when I first entered, disappearing almost at once. Was this a prearranged exchange of duties? From 12:15 to 12:35 I was in the glade. During this time Greenie was attending to the wants of No.4, with intervals of lying in the sun. Everything he caught or dug up, however small, was taken to the young bird. He ate only soft-food himself, but also fed some of that. No. 4 came out of the bushes to lie alongside his parent and the latter reached over and touched him a few times gently with his bill. Greenie certainly is making a good job of it while his mate is away--wherever she is. At 1:30 I went to the glade. Greenie and No. 4 were both there. Greenie very friendly and tame. He caught three yellow-jackets in a few minutes and gave them to No.4, one of them with very little preparation. He caught a fourth and had it in the corner of his mouth when it escaped. Greenie shook his head and scratched the corner of his mouth on the side where the business end of the yellow- jacke t had projected and then on the other side. This was repeated. He then came close to me and wiped his bill rather thoroughly on a small log. It looked as if he had been stung, but his reactions did not seem to be violent enough. He did not seem to be uncomfort-