January Common Terns Pipits Bonaparte's Gulls Ring-billed Gulls California Gulls Western and Least Sandpipers Goethals Long-billed Curlews Killdeer - 35 Sparrow Hawks - 3 Hobby Ducks - some White-winged Scoters - few Surf Scoters + few Lesser Scaups - several hundreds in small groups and scattered over bay. GCanvasback - few Blue-necked Ducks - few Shoveler on salt ponds Baldies - 2 or 3 dozen seen. Cormorants - 2 Pintail - on salt ponds Western Grebes - dozens scattered - mostly immature birds. Dec. 27, 1958, South San Francisco Bay, across San Mateo Bridge - 1110-1130 a.m., PST. Coots - 170: Western and Least Sandpipers - 15 Yellowlegs - 2 Killdeer - 75 Dowitcher - 1 Gallinule - 2 Balbusted - 1 Pintail - 4 Reddy Ducks - 8 Mallards - 85 Dec. 26, 1958, State Fairgrounds race track pond, b.p.m., Clear and cold and windy. White-crowned Sparrows-10 Audouin Warbler - 11 Varied Thrush - 6 Cailif. Quail - 8 Larger Geoup - fO - hf and 6 M Coot - 10 Blue-necked Ducks - 2M and hf P or flmm. Canvasback - 2 % or flmm. appearance of mountain otter in deep water at surface.) and behind of head, banking on, both sometimes submerged, and rear one with 3:30-3:45 p.m. Cold, windy, sunny. December 26, 1958, Southside Park, Sacramento Calif.