Marshall, 1947 Melospiza Collectors Oct Sept '47 salt marsh, Pinole Contra Costa Co., Calif. San Pablo Bay profile of marsh: grindelia 3-4' salt cornia Spartina in flower 4' high Ristelli, salicornia chenopodin olmopodium, dock high tide-> low tide mud flats Refugio Landing 3729-3732 San Pablo Bay Wilson Pt. Pinole (From Mare Island quadrangle) 40 Was on the marsh here before daylight & got some sparrows before they had fed. Stom. empty. No ticks. One was "flucteling" from a stake. I shot it & found ad. mosquitoes in its mouth, another in stom. Bds. numerous there. I saw or heard about 10 in little area shown. Watched them foraging on mud flats getting several yards away from cover of Spartina. salt marsh San Pablo Contra Costa Co. Calif (See San Francisco Quadrangle's) thi area & premons, ecological work is where I got the 4 specimens 3733-3736 within circles San Pablo Bay San Pablo Creek See next page for detail. Spartina is in flower (Oct 1)