T. Cade 1958 Anas acuta 18 June - east of Barraw Seen frequently in pairs and groups of 2 drakes and then on the flight with Mahew and Shanks. 19 June Barraw - In the area where we were working on the transects, Brock and I saw one group of 5 with 3 ?7?7? and 2 ?,? and another group of about 12 with males and females. In addition, several other pairs were seen. This species seems rather more common than last year, 20-22 June Barraw - seen daily in small groups and in pairs. 23 June Flock of 12 seen with Still's sedge on a lake at southwest corner of Central Marsh. Others in pairs. 5-26 June Coal Mine-Mead River - several females seen within half mile radius of the village - no drakes present. In evening of 25th - ca 60 yds down river from stake 0.0 of T6 in the willows just on the bank of river across from the village, I flushed a hen off a nest of 8 eggs. The nest was in a slight depression under a willow about 2 feet high - in a dense stand whose average height is also about 2 feet. Nest lined with thick layer of vertical feathers from the duck.