his approach call. Nova certainly is not a very compliant creature. If Brownie has such a hard time bending her to his will, it is no wonder that she should ignore me completely. I imagine her to be a ratherold bird somewhat "sot" in her ways. 7:45 P.M. I did not see either bird go to the nest at all today. In fact did not see B again until 7:05, and Nova not at all. B was at the oval lawn prospecting. When I went out, he darted into the b shrubbery; but when I sat down in a chair, he came readily enough across the open and jumped up for worms. In accordance with his newly acquired habit, he gathered up three and carried them off- this time toward the glade--presumably for his mate, though I could not locate him again until I heard him singing from the top of the old oak later (7:20P.M.). He then dropped down into the glade and seemed, from the sound, to be searching. In about 5 minutes he came out into the fork of the road near me, plainly looking for something, as he stood erect and turned his head in all directions calling softly, using the Russet-backed Thrush theme mostly. He then essayed short excursions in various directions, 10 to 50 feet in length, as if to locate his mate. On one of these he examined a tree, appeared to be satisfied, then made directly for his own roost. I could hear him going through the glass house and see the branches moving behind the screen, and to make sure, went to the dormitory tree and found him disposed for the night. I think that there is little doubt but that Nova comes back here also to roost at night and that B's actions indicate that he wishes to assure himself of that fact; but that he is not always certain just which tree she is in. The fact that his calls are soft and low indicates that she is not far away, as does also the limited size of the area which his search covers. As long as they both roost here there is then no other nest of this pair containing eggs, otherwise,