Mar. 4. 8:00 P.M. Briefly looked at young. Only saw 1, + rear - end of that as was under & feeding. Sides belly are still red, back black. Appeared that fore part of hind shank was black remainder red. Think they still have their eyes closed. Impossible to see any hair from distance outside of cage. Mar. 10. 12:10 P.M. Weighed one young. Weight = 7.1 gm. The eyes are still closed. The vitrissae are long; underfur & guard hairs are well developed. Earlier, the & left this young one by itself in the corner of the cage & did not nurse it, altho a little later put cotton over the top of it. Mar. 19 Put clean dust in cage. Young have had eyes open for about 2-4 days. I noticed on one Mar. 17, what I took to be a lateral line as if this indicated already the beginning of the post-juvenal molt. Today while cleaning cage one young firmly clung to farthest posterior teat on the left side as I shifted the cage. As the mother walked around the cage & on the wire sides, the young now walked (instead of dragged as formerly) along behind. The head was buried under the hind part & pelage so far that the open eyes could not be seen except when the young dragged too far behind and pulled the teat out so that the young's snout showed well. This one hung on for fully 5 minutes, all the time the mother was moving. After the young became detached the 2 young played, chasing each other, & ran up the wire sides. Mar. 21. ♀ found dead at 5:15 P.M. Apparently died only about 1 or 2 hrs. Cause unknown. Apparently sufficient food. Young were still attempting to nurse. Put skin up as no. 30. ♀. April 5 - Although the 2 young are about 37 days old, they don't seem to be able yet to break sunflower seeds. Even when the inner portion is taken out, they still have difficulty in eating it, & it appears as though good size piece go down at once, as "lumps" are forced down the digestive tract. Up - Feed them by eye-dropper a solution of sugar & water. This they ate readily. Previously fed wet mash (green barley + wheat kinds, dog biscuit, bird seed.