although the wren came promptly for worms. I was busy at other things until about 10:30, when I went to the glade. Brownie soon came down from the old oak, again with what appeared to be new talk. Greenie did not come, so I went to see if she was in the dormitory tree and found her sitting quietly in B's night roost, doing absolutely nothing. I left her there and returned to listen to B singing undersong in the glade. In about ten minutes she came and jumped up into the chair by my side and had a good meal. Both birds then began to carry twigs to Station C, G not getting hers all the way there, but B succeeding. This lasted a few minutes and both birds went into the bushes, so I went to the dormitory. There was Brownie in his night roost working hard trying to bend the growing tigs of the tree in some way to sat- fy him. This is now station D. It is roughly 18 inches from the site of No.5, and in working there Brownie frequently rubs against the roof screen which is still in place as it was when the nest was there. I left him still at work in D. Clearly no decision has been made between these two stations. It is curious that one should be along-side of the first site selected last year and the other so close to the last place chosen last year. Jan. 28th. During the day I had little time to observe the birds. However in the morning, Greenie was the only one to appear in the glade for some time, an hour perhaps. On returning there, both thrashers and the wren came. This time it was station C that received their atten- tion. Brownie carried up one long twig which he could not make stick, sat there thinking, then joined his mate digging, followed by long undersong. Jan. 28th A raw morning. (Temp. at 9:30: 46). Brownie was the only one to come to me. He then retired to the bushes for a long, varied under-