Nevada October 4, 1948, Valley, vicinity of Fallon. 12 noon to 3 p.m. Mostly irrigated. Sparrow Hawk 9 Valley Quail on hiway Western Sandpipers Dowitchers Avocets Red-shafted Flicker Brewer Blackbirds October 4, 1948, NW of Leetville Junction near Silver State Gun Club, 3:15 p.m. Good marsh habitat Mallards common Pintails - a few Shovellers - some - no full males Redheads - several immatures or molting adults seen. Vultures - none seen all day, in Nevada. Coots very common Least Sandpipers - 10 or 12 seen in small flock Ruddy Ducks - seven al Northern Phalaropes - 7 in winter plumage. Black bill and feet. Black "tear" over eye area. In small pool at edge of hiway, and allowed me to approach within 10 or 12 feet of them. Using 7X glasses, they were big! When flushed they would fly only about 40 or 50 feet. Avocets common Barn Swallow - just 1 Yellow-headed Blackbirds - a few in marsh area with Redwings. October 4, 1948, Fernley Sink, NW of Fernley, Nevada, on U.S. 40. 4-5 p.m. Pied-billed Grebe Redheads - few Least Sandpipers Farallon Cormorants Marsh Hawk F Horned Larks Mallards very common - 300& Coots common Ravens - 4 pr. to Lovelock Pintails - 150& Willet - two in short marsh area. Green-winged Teal - 250-300 Yellow-legs Brewer Blackbirds October 5, 1948, Lovelock, Nevada, and irrigated area around. All day. Marsh Hawk - a couple Valley Quail - several small coveys Pheasants - quite a few, not common Killdeer Mourning Dove - 2 pair Burrowing Owl in dike along Humboldt R. Flicker Horned Larks - 1000's in sparse veg. areas S. Crows - flight of 260& to stockyard and garbage dump before sunup, west of town. Saw afternoon gathering flock of over 500 8 mi. SE of town, at 5 p.m. Brewer's too Ravens - several pairs. Mountain Bluebirds - 3 along Humboldt River, in open vegetation area. Meadowlarks Brewer Blackbirds - 3 bunches flew over totaling 55. Over 150 with crow p.m. flock. White-crowned Sparrows - in greasewood area west of town. October 6, 1948, Floriston to Truckee, Nevada Co, Calif. 9:30-9:45 a.m. Stellar Jays Black-billed Magpie Clarke Nutcracker in rimrock areas. Oct. 6, 1948, NE of Auburn - "Sleepy Hollow", 11 a.m. Placer Co. Wren-tits calling.