Grinnell -1915 Yosemite, Calif. and a half feet & above the ground and was a loosely con- structed affair of fine twiddles and weed stems. It was unlined. June 20 Went by the grosbeak's nests twice today. This morning at 8:30 the father was feeding each of the young in turn. Having emptied his bill he settled down to brood the young, who would otherwise have been exposed to the hot rays of the morning sun. When we passed at 5:30 in the evening the mother was brooding. June 21 Visited all the nests today and found nothing changed, save that the little finchlets were dead in the nest, and a few contour feathers of an adult junco were scattered about the nest opening. Apparently the adult had been seized and carried off by some