Howell, T.R. 1950 S.Various ssp. 29mi. SW of Princeton, ft., British Columbia July 13 (cont'd.) hours of searching in all the places where I had seen the birds away from the nest, I gave up. Either they did not nest in that particular spot or one very close by, or they finished several days ago and scattered far off. It was after June 2 before the birds started to act as though they were incu- bating, and even then they left the nest empty for intervals up to over an hour. Even if incubation started on June 2, it would be 14 days later, June 16, before the eggs all hatched, and 24 days later, July 10, before the young could be expected out. Since I got here on July 11, I would surely have seen parents and young close by. Of course, they might have actually had eggs earlier than I thought or clipped a couple of days off the schedule somewhere, but in view of the fact that young are still in at 50mi SW and adults and young nuchalis were seen close by their nest site right here, it is just as possible that the nesting didn't take place. Anyway, there is no way of telling now; if I found a ruber, it might or might not be the same one, and of course it is impossible to be sure of the original n.