April 30th. Rhody calls me early. At 5:35 A.M. a tap on my bedroom window and two or three boos attracted my attention to Rhody sitting on the sill and ob- serving the interior with interest. He had reached this point from the living room roof just below. I got up and opened the window and he went around the corner, tapped a south window once and booed two or three times. I could not open the casement without sweeping him off into space, so was unable to determine his intentions def- initely. However, from the fact that he did no mirror dancing, tapping only once on each window, I judge that he wanted to come in and the tap was to determine whether the way was unobstructed. The boo seemed to be some form of comment based either upon his unexpected discovery of me or of disgust at finding his plans thwart- ed. Perhaps his plan was to "call me early" to be Queen of the May. If so, his calendar has skipped a day. Active nest- ing at Sta. 4. At 10:00 A.M. I had gone quietly to about 75 feet from Sta. 4; this is the first time since the nest was first located. A road- runner was carrying twigs up to it and had not apparently seen me. I left at once to avoid possibility of disturbing the bird. I do not know which one it was. Oof disposes of first magpie egg. At 10:30 A.M. Julio announced that the magpies had an egg, and that Oof was carrying it about! I got there in time to verify the observation and was weakminded enough to leave in order to answer a telephone call. ( all telephones!). When I returned there was no sign of the egg anywhere within the cage, although I searched everywhere, including the nest. Not even a fragment of any kind. or possibly buried it. I suppose Oof swallowed it whole, I do not know whether he got it from the nest (which is still unlined) or from the ground. There was no egg in the nest a half hour or so before. Rhody home again. About 4:30 I looked for Rhody here, thinking he should have knocked off work and returned for food, drink and rest. He was