Hummimg Birds.— C. J. Maynard states 
in his Birds of Eastern North America, 
page 215, that the male R. T. Humming 
Bird is especially watchful of the nest and 
is very pugnacious when any person ap 
proaches it. I have taken several nests of 
this species and have watched the birds 
building their nest, and in no instance 
have I seen the male bird near the nest, 
even when it contained young, and the ex- 
perience of others who have taken them 
here agrees with my own. 0 ** 0 - Vll.Nov, 
