The study of the White Crowned Sparrow was made on August 2, 1950 in an unsuccessful attempt to locate its nest in the swampy meadow marshland about 500 feet from the Lodge . The observation point was the green house which was occuppied by the observers from 10:50 to 11:30 o'clock in the morning. At 10:54 the observers spotted a W.C.S. was seen on the rope preening its feather. It was located 40 feet from the willows. A minute later it flew unto the willows with food in its mouth. It then flew on the wire again and two minutes later it was heard calling from closed edged of Willows. It scratched itself intermittentlyIts chips averaged one per second. It was soon seen nibbling on green seed food of monks' hood. The wind blowing caused the door to make noise and scared the W.C.S. At about 11:06 another W.C.S. was spotted on the wire and was preening its breast occasionally. It moved head and chipped,its head continuing to move. It soon flew away to the south in the marshes and was not seen again. In the meantime the original W.C.X. continued its movement from thewire. At 11:10 - it flew to a lower branch-partially observedand was seen feeding on insects for the next several seconds. At 11:12, the bird was on the ground under the Willows; then it moved up to the Willows again and gave a higher pitched note. Two minutes later it flew 15 feet to the east to another willowand was again feeding apparently on the Willows' branches. It now chipped less frequentlyas it continued to for-ge in the Willows for food. The bird continued to do this and at about 11:20 it hopped to the ground. It pecked at leaves. A few minutes later the bird moved up to the Willows and then flew 25 feet to the north now northeast of the building where it chipped at a one per second rate. Three minutes later it flew to the West on the wire. It flew then in the next minute to the Northeast and the observers lost it for a few minutes(SEnds), At 11:30 1/2 it was found in the edge of a thicket with a moth in its bill. At 11:31. the bird ceased calling and three minutes later the observers ended their observations. Observers were: Howard Cogswell, Bob Sanders and Paul von Hafften.. Report typed by Sanders, who is biology instructor in Mclatchie High School, Sacramento, Calif.