H& Weston 1945 Journal March 19 cont Pierce Ranch, Tomales Point, Marin County, California. Type found here. We had much better luck today and brought back 14 abalones, all legal size. At least 30+ were thrown back because they were too small. While getting the abalones I saw 1 black oystercatcher and 6+ Baird cormorants flying by at different times. After packing we left the ranch for Inverness. Traveling 14.1 miles we arrived at Inverness at 5:10 p.m. At 7:30 p.m. we picked up Malcolm Jollie who came out from Berkeley on the Greyhound bus. We are staying at the Hugenin Cabin overnight. After spending the evening writing field notes we retired. Species of birds seen around the Pierce Ranch houses today included: song sparrow, Oregon junco, ring-necked pheasant (10?), English sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, raven, red-tail hawk, marsh hawk, red-shafted flicker, linnnet, western bluebird, black phoebe, Brewer blackbird, golden-crowned sparrow. It was cloudy off and on today with the sun shining most of the time. A westerly wind blew almost all of the time, at times quite strong. March 20 Inverness Marin County, to 2mi North Gualala, Mendocino Co. Calif. Arising shortly after 7a.m. we ate breakfast and then packed the truck. At 10 a.m. we left Inverness for points up the coast along State Highway #1. At Point Reyes Station, about 10:15 a.m. it began to rain. The rain, at times very hard, continued to