April 2, 1949, Sacramento to Cosumnes River, Sacto. Co. 8-845 a.m. American Egrets Sparrow Hawks and Vultures Western Meadowlarks Coots Calif. Bicolor Redwings Willett Brewer Blackbirds Yellow-legs - individuals in flooded fields, or pools. Yellow-billed Magpies Calif. Purple Finches common Western Crows Western Savannah Sparrow California Shrikes on wire lines Oregon Vesper Sparrow English Sparrow Lark Sparrows common, singing White-crowned Sparrows April 2, 1949, Pardee Reservoir, Mokelumne River, Calaveras Co. side. 930-1015. Horned Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Vultures W. Red-tailed Hawk Duck Hawk circling Coots Killdeer - nest on open south slope next to 12" chunk of quartz that was flush with the ground. The nest hollow is 3½" across and about 1" deep. Yellow-legs - at edge of pools in fields. California Culls - 2 Roadrunner - one on top of grassy knoll - no brush nearby. Monterey Red-shafted Flicker Violet-green Swallow Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallows - at one place on the spillway I had about 300 of them circling close about me, giving alarm note, and I also saw old nests hung on underside of concrete parapet on downstream side of dam. Western Crows W. Meadowlarks Lark Sparrows common, and California Jays Brewer Blackbird singing from rim of dam. Yellow-billed Magpie Calif. Purple Finches Modesto Song Sparrow Pallid Wren-tits calling Calif. Brown Towhee Camp deco Pond between, Pardee Res., and Valley Springs, Calaveras Co. 1020, April 2, 1949. Pied-billed Grebe American Egret Shovellers - 8 M Lesser Scaups - 1 pair Bufflehead - 1 full M and 11 others Ruddy Ducks - 15 Killdeer April 2, 1949, Hogan Reservoir, Calaveras R., Calaveras Co. 1045-1200. Farallon Cormorant - 1 Mallards - 250-mostly paired Wood Ducks - 2 pairs Buffleheads - 30& Ruddy Ducks - 50 American Mergansers - 10 Vultures Valley Quail - 45& Ring-necked Pheasants Killdeer Yellow-legs Monterey Red-shafted Flicker Nuttall Woodpecker - 3 seen in oak woodland. Violet-green Swallow Cliff Swallows Yellow-billed Magpie Plain Titmouse Slender-billed Nuthatch W. Bluebirds - fighting for territories Audubon Warblers - a few W. Meadowlarks Calif. Purple Finches Oregon Juncos Calif. Brown Towhee Modesto Song Sparrows Nemophila menziesii - very pretty white-centered pale blue petals. Laya gaillardoides (comp.) yel.center, white border - 10 3-parted strap flowers.