Julii 1949 Fulica americana 144 23 Univ. Calif. Campus, Alameda Co. Cali. sac with the mold in it was placed in Bouin's fix for eventual sectioning. Leg and wing saved and pinned out. - P G was sexed internally successfully, then killed. deal weight 429 grams - heel to mid toe 126 mm. Testis 8mm long & very narrow. This bird was in good shape with a good supply of fat on its body. Wing, leg, syrinx and cloaca saved. - V B S - sexed internally satisfactorly - F - then killed. Weight not taken, but wing, leg, cloaca & syring saved - also ovary placed in Bouin's fix. Ovary was large, with several follicles of more than 1 mm diameter - was not able to find any good Bursa, but did find a good oviduct F - so I saved the oviduct, cloaca and enough meat to get any bursa that might be present. Harry Wesenberg examining these birds for parasites, found a number of large flukes in the mass portion of both P & PG also and Acantho- cephalid in the gut of F P and 3 cestodes in the gut of PG. V B S seemed to be free of helminth parasites, at least he didn't report finding any. 24 Lake Temescal 420ft. Alameda Co. Calif. F is still on this lake, along with 79 other coots. I was able to get