My time was limited and I was only able to see that both birds visited 

 the nest and that neither of them went directly to the nesting tree but went 

 first to a hemlock tree which was about six feet away. 



On June 17, I again returned, prepared to stay as long as there was 

 sufficient light to see by. My observations began at about 3:15 p. m. and 

 were tabulated as follows : 



3:19 both birds came to the nest, 



3:20 one bird 



3:22 " " 



3; 23 one bird; both then came to trees within 15 feet of me, one on 



either side. 

 3: 24i onebu-d, 

 3:26 same bird, 



3 : 35 both birds, one waiting at the entrance till the other left, 

 3 : 37i one bird, staid half a minute, 

 3:38 " " " " " " 

 3:39 " " " " " " 

 3:41 " " 



3:60 " " staid half a minute, 

 3:51 " " 



3 : 56 both birds in succession, 

 3 : 59i one bird 

 4:08 " " 

 4:12 " " 



4 : 14 the other bird, both in sight, 

 4: 17 one bird 



4:18 " " staid half a minute 

 4:22 " " 



4: 27 " " staid half a minute, followed immediately by the other 

 bird, 



4: 36 one bird with what looked like birch bark or moth wings of some 

 kind, 



4 : 38 one bird followed immediately by the other, 



4 : 41 one bird with moth or flying insect of some kind. 



On one trip I thought I saw one of the birds taking the excreta from the 

 nest to a tree about fifty paces away, but up to 4: 41 I beheved that the 

 birds were building. After the visit at that time I was confident that they 

 were feeding young and I went over to the nest to investigate. I enlarged 

 the entrance hole a trifle and looking in could see two young. I put one 

 of my fingers into the hole and could hear the young birds climbing up 

 inside the bark. When I looked into the nest again it was apparently 

 empty. I then started to remove the piece of bark to which the nest was 

 attached and all except one of the young birds left the nest and flew away, 

 making ffights of about twenty yards. 



As soon as the young birds began to leave the nest the parents became 

 very excited and one of them, probably the female, ahghted on a tree 



