Reversal. It was noted that, contrary to past behavior, it was Greenie, the female, that showed the nest-building impulse most strongly on this occasion. golden crowned and song The wren did not come, but the fox sparrows and brown towhees waited eagerly nearby for me to fill the soft-food dishes. The three sparrows coming within 2 feet of me. One fox sparrow took food within about six inches of my hand. Yesterday one sang about 10 feet from me. Jan. 17th. 9:00 A.M. (Temp. 42). No birds in the glade when I entered; but the two thrashers and the wren came in a minute or two, then the usual assortment of other birds. My knees shook so with the cold that Brownie twice was startled into jumping to the ground. His talk was principally based on an almost inaudible, extremely high-pitched squeak--different than yesterday's--later modified into a soft, low warble ending in a rising inflection as if asking a question. Greenie was silent. Neither showed nesting inclinations during the short time I was in the glade, where they remained after I left. The wren followed me out of the glade to get one more worm. Jan. 18th. At about 8:15 A.M. (low fog) Brownie and the wren responded to my call in the glade. G did not show up. Brownie had nothing whatever to say until I repeated the word Greenie to him several times, when he responded with two syllables which may have been meant as an imitation. This was repeated several times while he sat on my knee. The first syllable was accented and the last was e each time. It might be considered as something like ee-lee but it is not certain. Greenie, when later in the day was observed near the oval lawn, and was somewhat shy; although neither of the thrashers cares very much to come out into the open here. Perhaps the warning charge of shot