llroi 149 Fulica americana -57- July 7 Jewel Lake Tilden Park Contra Costa C, Cal. N & L have had extremely limited optic powers. - At 3 p.m., I saw GS & R near C/6- was standing at the bridge and could see R tag w/s glasses, and could see the GS tag clearly with my out-of-line glasses. Also the N parents + brood are in area G+H-13+14 there are 5 young with the parents. July 8 - same locality - G of the S brood examined - tip of bill to nostril dirty ivory, seat of bill soft gray, frontal shield flesh colored, iris red-brown, top of head dark gray, throat light gray, 3 mm claw on each wing, some brown feathers on rump, brown gray on back, legs gray-green, white under tail coverts present rectrices 3/4 out of sheath, oil gland tufted; alula, primaries + secondaries all 1/2 out of sheath. Y of S brood ivory on 10 mm of tip of bill, feathers on top of head 1/2 dark+light gray feathers, underparts of head, chin, throat etc very light gray, nearly white, shield flesh colored, iris greyish around edge, red brown towards center, 2nd primary 73 mm-32 mm sheathed - quite a patch of brown feathers on rump - felt green. S/R-same as G as regards plumage + bill-2y is a red-green all over, no oute-gray spoting, 2nd primary 85 mm total length 39 mm