Petelka 1943 Agelaius phoeniceus June 15 Amie Hayfork, 2400 ft., Trinity Co., Calif. A group of 2 males and 5 females appear established in the cattail growth of a small pond near Big Creek just north of the Hayfork Creek junction. As I observed them both males gave alarm notes, one from [illegible] dead limbs or on a yellow pine along the north bordering the pond, the other from the top of a dead conifer on the east side by each male. Occasional circling flights were made aloft the cattail growth; alarm notes being given during these flights as well as from the posts mentioned earlier. June 16. Two females and one male were taken from the group described above. Young red-wings out of the nest were present in the cattails. These came from at least two different nests as evidenced by the difference in size: One group of young was out of the nest no more than a day or so; the other appeared to have been fledged perhaps 5 days ago. The male Red-wings may be vigorous seems fairly evident from the sex ratio observed in this colony.