TEBLEN 1956 CLAPPER RAIL (RALLUS OBSSCURUS) APR 27 BAY FARM ISLAND, ALAMEDA CO., CALIF. 11:00 AM. SAW NEST IN SALICORNIA 30 FT FROM BEACH 50' FROM BAY EDGE GROWING IN DRY SALICORNIA. ABOUT 3-4 FT ABOVE WATER LEVEL, IDENTIFIED BY DR. MILLER AS CLAPPER RAIL. & EGGS - SMALLER THAN SMOWN HEN EGGS, LIGHT BROWN WITH ROODISH & BLUE SPOTS SCATTERED OVER THEM ESPECIALLY LIMB END. NEST RAISED AN INCH OR SO BY PULLED TOGETHER DRY SALICORNIA TWIGS; CAVITY ABOUT 4-5 INCHES ACROSS, NEST ABOUT 8 INCHES ACROSS. SALICORNIA BRANCHES OVER NEST BUT PRETTY THIN, SO THAT EGGS COULD BE SEEN COSILY UP TO 10 - 15 FT AWAY - SALICORNIA HERE THIN BUT UP TO 1 FOOT DOWN, FOOT-DEEP CREVICES CAUSED BY DRYING OF MUD RAN thru AREA AROUND NEST. APR 21 REMAINS (WINGS & BREAST FEATHERS) FOUND ON SPIT OF SALICORNIA & MUD 1/4 MI. SW GOLF CLUB HOUSE. IDENTIFIED BY DR. MILLER. WINGS SHORT, ROUNDED & PLAIN BROWN, BREAST F'S MORE ROODISH BROWN, SOME F'S UNDERWING NEAR BODY AND SOME AT BASE OF BREAST, BROWN BARRED WITH WHITE. MUST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST A WEEK OR SO OLDER MORE.