Marshall, 1947 Muscipiza Collection Sept Oct - Nov 1 Nov 1 Tomales Bay salt marsh 1/2 mi NW Pt Reyes Sta. Marin Co Calif. the area shown on the map here where coll. these specimens is pure salt marsh & removed from adjacent fresh-water habitat on both sides & at head of Tomales Bay. Bds worn 's spend all their time here. Area marked D is a regular "forest" J (cuneifolia HM) small leaves, some flowers, very thick clear grindelia 2-3' high, not spreading much, far apart, with shoat mat 4coll 10 bds. here 3839-3848] low met of mixed salicornia-Wistichii forming a continuum. Eelitt brush Slough! Scirpus canotus' clumps some of the tiniest & highest slough. Noted Triglochin & Linummin. Bds feed on mud banks (mudflats) & around base of the denser, bigger grindelias which grows (bigger) on edges of sloughs. Sparrows elsewhere. (Here is where I observed a May 5 '46) Salicornia, Triglochin P.R.Reyes Station Typha & Scirpus drayi " " " californicus) willow patch where coll 10 bds. Sept '46 Bds. abundant in or 3-5/6'mth. Pears, occasional singing challenging J's. at N tip of this Zeler grindelia area ran into a regular drove of them (mixed with a few crowned sparrows & tineds?) Must have been 25 Song Sparrows in this loose flock. Salicornia, Triglochin -> dense fringe of S. californicus enlarged see photo bird also in roadside brush where operatore from (us locals) slowg junser, n Triglochin Saw good "scarde chaparral" in north facing slopes of gulch s.Tomales on Hwy 1. Plenty Song Sparrows, lots of crowned sparrows. Pt Reyes thistletis also with - facing