Fulica americana -64- July 13 Jewel Lake, Tilden Park, Contra Costa & Calif. unmarked adult of the S pair. This young R 2 cheeped vigorously as the boat gained on it, and when I rocked out to pick it up it flipped over on its back kicking out with its feet. as I picked it up it repeatedly pecked at me and at the cloth bag & put it in. Otherwords, the fight pattern is present typically even at this tender age! 1:40 p.m. Weighed 34.08->5x05-12-92 37.08gms. - toe clipped a little more. Top of head still quite bald-blue skin over eyes. Orange plumes around head - especially heavy on chin, no plumes above eye nor on crown area. Bill still like that of newly hatched (very active and hard to hang on to- Orange plumes still on wings but the plumes formerly on body seem to have faded to white and are completely absent from underside of body. TWT 18 mm, 1st toe 10 mm, mid toe 25 mm, bill+shield 16mm. Also noticed 4 wax feathers on post edge of eye on each side. Iris a muddy red-brown. This youngster was silent all the time it was closely confined but it peeped & whewrd almost constantly while being handled. - On two occasions today when the B pair routed several assorted birds in her territory she came "pooncing" across the