December 26, 1954, Southside Park, Sacramento Calif. 3:30-3:45 p.m. Cold, windy, sunny. Pied-billed Grebe - 3 (2 mating, 1 persistently chasing other, grabbing from on top and behind of head, hanging on, both sometimes submerging, and rear one with appearance of mounting other in deep water at surface.) Canvasback - 2 F or imm. Ring-necked Ducks - 21M and 14 F or imm. Lesser Scaup - 10. - 4F and 6 M Coot - 10 Calif. Gull - 8 Varied Thrush - 6 Audubon Warbler - 14 White-crowned Sparrows- 40 Dec. 26, 1954, State Fairgrounds race track pond, 4 p.m. Clear and cold and windy. Mallards - 85 Ruddy Ducks - 8 Pintail - 4 Baldpated - 4 Gadwall - 2 Dowitcher - 3 Killdeer - 75 Yellowlegs - 2 Western and Least Sandpipers - 15 Coots - 170 Dec. 27, 1954, South San Francisco Bay, across San Mateo Bridge - 1110-1130 a.m.PST. Western Grebes - dozens scattered - mostly immature birds. Pintail - on salt ponds Cormorants - 2 Baldpates - 2 or 3 dozen seen. Shoveller on salt ponds. Ring-necked Ducks - few Canvasback - few Lesser Scaups - several hunders in small groups and scattered over bay. Surf Scoters - few White-winged Scoyters - few Ruddy Ducks - some Sparrow Hawks - 3 Killdeer willets Long-billed Curlews Godwits Western and Least Sandpipers Califomia Gulls Ring-billed Gulls Bonaparte Gulls Common Terns Pipits House Finches. Jan