Marshall, 1947 Melospiza May 16 Vallejo & Napa, Solano & Napa Co., Calif. Stopped at big marsh in middle Vallejo - about 2 mi long, Typha at SE end, Salicornia at NW end. No song sparrows found at all. Plenty redwings, coots, ducks. At pure Salicornia on shore S side Sears Point Road at turn where it shore: hiked 500 yds along man-made small ditch to shore. About 9 or 10 birds along & in the ditch. Came back to road || ditch about 100 yards w of it - 8 birds representing 5 or 6 pairs in pure heavy Salicornia - not a single other species of plant. No other birds save 1 Marsh Hawk. No water, no sedges, Salicornia 1½-3' high. Some singing, no jays. At shore is sand, then scattered Salicornia & Spartina with bare mud between inland for 50 yds, then dense contin. Salicornia & Song Sparrows. Napa: see map. Started ½ mi S town & mapped for 1 mi to little RR station at Napa Hosp. Walked on E bank - pure fresh H.O habitat - Willow, S centus, Rose Foenumcum, Elder, blackberry, Typha, Asterias, etc. These birds all typical reddish fouldis, in great nos. along both sides - area 10 - 50 yds wide on each side - narrow on W bank. Extensive typha marshes extend inland to E all way from Napa Hospital to Sausal Creek - full of Song Sparrows - all goldii. No salt habitat yet. Dutton's Landing - pure salt habitat, black birds, feed on mud flats. Amazing variety of salt veg. Will dead.