647 His running is smooth and graceful with no wabbling or lost motion. Although his feet are lifted high from the ground, the effect is that of an effortless glide. Rufous hummingbirds here today. The males readily distinguishable from the Allen. Yesterday I though I noticed one slight repulse of a young bird by B. At 1:45 P.M. Brownie made a direct attack on of them that was lying down sunning himself. The youngster recoiled at first, than becoming angry, delivered a fierce counter attack, making harsh noises. B retreated and the young bird lay down quietly in his place and dozed. About 2, Nova entered the glade and ran directly at this same bird He took a defensive attitude and she retreated to the soft-food dish and ate greedily. She then began chasing Brownie in and out of the glade, just as noted in the case of Greenie about a week before the first egg was laid in No.6 Brownie is now slightly lame in his left leg (or foot); limping and tucking it up under his feathers when standing. A few minutes after the attack noted above, he resumed feeding both young birds diligently. April 19th. 10:45 A.M. The Roadrunner is still here; at the moment he is sitting on top of the Wickland's chimney approximately 300 yards due south of this room. (257 yds. of this distance determined by transit, the excess estimated). At this distance his cooing can be heard easily. Each "song" lasts 5 to 6 seconds; est., see below. 10:53. He just flew to the ground, having stayed there 33 minutes after first being seen. The top of this chimney must be about 40 feet above the ground level. 11:00 No eggs in the thrasher nest and the preliminary period of occupancy does not appear to have started. B is still attending faithfully to the young birds and there has been no more sparring. 12:03 (An average of a dozen or so timings gives about 4.5 seconds for the Roadrunner song). The re. i.. Brownie's eyes is in streaks with a tendency for greater concentration posterior to the pupil.