Fulica americana 137 Nov 12 Univ. Calif. Campus, Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. more of the breaching up the trance. About 8:24 [B]S found the green plant Myriophyllum in the water and went in after it. Very quickly, most of the rest of the birds joined it, quickly consuming the green materials, leaves, stems and roots. As far as I can determine every bird in the lot got some of the green stuff. Once [B]S and [C]S Tangled momentarily, just threatening, no actual blows. - Caught [G]S tried sewing internally but missed the gonads - sewed it up and released it - covering wound with cellodine (Barley did the surgery). Nov 13 same locality - [G]S seems to be in as good shape today as it was yesterday. It weighed 469 gms yesterday before undergoing surgery. Note: - The 16 coots placed in the SW corner pool of the courtyard in the Life Sciences Building on the University of Calif. were trapped in duck trapping operations at the Gray Lodge State Refuge, near Andover, Butte Co., Calif., on October 29 and 30 1949. They were brought to Berkeley in gummy sacks, unshed out and released on October 31. Upon turning loose in the caged area their Thirst seemed to be the only