84 to 75, 9 feet, 5' distance, 1" f 1.9 lens, stopped to f 8 : Oof singing and courting. 75 to 65, 10 feet, Oof at 4' dis. on ground. 65 to 54, 11 feet, 10' dis., 3" telephoto lens, stopped to f 8 : Rear view of Brownie eating out of dish. 54 to 50, 4 feet, same place and lens: Brown Towhee eating out of dish. 50 to 45, 5 feet, " " " : Song sparrow. The Road runner did not appear all day. April 27th. Early morning song around 6, then no more. Roadrunner not here all day. April 28th. The same as to early morning song. About 10 A.M., slightly hazy: 45 to 0, 6 to 8 ft. dis., f 1.9 lens; stops from f 8 to f 1.9, the latter in dense shade: Brownie and Gopher snake. About noon B was seen circling about with wings and tail spread on the ground below the nest. He had rediscovered the snake. As the snake was coiled and would not run, I crouched beside it and B continued his antics, now and then delivering a good hard peck and dodging a blow from the snake. This was too near the nest, so I took the snake by the tail to pull him away, but he got a good grip on the wire fence and I could not do it. This was just what B wanted, as he continued to hammer the snake within a couple of inches of my hand and seemed willing to keep it up forever. It is curious, that in this nervous state he would subside at once when I handed him a worm, then go back to work again. The snake was finally retrieved in order to be carried away. During this excitement, Nova slipped out of the nest a moment and I looked in. Only one egg; an unusually long and thin one. Also I got a look at her eyes at about 2 feet distance in a beam of sunlight through an opening in the foliage, and unless I am mistaken, her irides are the same color as B's. Subject to later confirmation: