Mayhew 1947 May 23 Western Robin 32. U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif. howerer, kept his mouth open until the f left the nest. AT 8:50 A.M. the f returned to the nest and fed 2 youngsters. Only two stuck their heads up & opened their bills. A moment after she left, the d landed on a branch about 6 feet from the nest before flying to the west edge of the nest. He fed the only youngster that opened its bill, picked up an excretion pellet & flew low to the north-west. The youngsters are now growing matters, because every few seconds one of them stretches a wing or a neck up above the edge of the nest. AT 8:55 A.M. one of the youngsters tried to flap his wings several times above the nest. AT 8:59 A.M. the f returned to the nest & fed one youngster. still only two mouths will open. She then brooded herself probing about in the bottom of the nest. AT 9:02 A.M. she settled down on the west edge of the nest facing east. AT 9:03 A.M. she began probing in the bottom of the nest with her bill again. AT 9:05 A.M. she settled down on the west edge of the nest, again facing north-east. AT 9:14 A.M. the d returned to the tree, landing on a branch about 6 feet from the nest. The f immediately left the nest & flew west. About this time a Great Dane walked to within 40 feet of the tree which contained the nest. The d then