Mayhew 1947 May 16 Western Robin 8. U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif. At 10:46 A.M. she settled down again, this time facing south. At 10:50 A.M. she left the nest again, landing in the grass about 100' from the nest. At this time I climbed the tree in an effort to see how many eggs were in the nest. Almost at once the ♂ landed on a branch about 4' from me, the feathers on the top of his head standing almost straight up. He continued to hop about from branch to branch, uttering loud, raucous notes until I left the tree. The ♀ returned to the tree just a few seconds after she heard the ♂ start the commotion. Both of them acted very similar all the time I was in the tree. The nest was too far out on the limb for it to be safe for me to look into the bottom of it. I was able to get within about 4' of it, but couldn't see any eggs. The commotion subsided as soon as I left the tree & in a short time the ♀ went back onto the nest, facing south. She remained on the nest until after I left for class at 11:55 A.M. The bird was on the nest at Offord Circle at 9:15 A.M., 10:30 A.M. and 11:55 A.M., still facing east. The bird was still on the nest facing east when I returned at 1:15 P.M. At 1:20 P.M. the ♀ was on the nest in the Deodar tree, facing west. The ♂ wasn't