Fulica Americana 145 Nov 24 Lake Temescal, 420 ft., Alameda Co. Calif.- 1 pair in close enough to photograph them in black & white and color. Both were giving the true sex notes, the smaller the female note, the larger the o note. Having made a loop around the lake can sure these are no more tagged coots on this lake. - Lake Merritt, Oakland, Alameda Co., Calif.- The hundreds of coots were on this lake, no tagged ones were seen in the refuge area, they could be elsewhere on the lake tho. - Aquatic Park, Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. Wanted to visit here but the fog was too thick, visibility was about 30 feet. Nov 25 Univer. Calif Campus, Alameda Co., Calif.- 3/B wt 472 gms. Opened this bird, saw it, a o, sewed it up, covered the wound with collodion's gentian violet, and released it. It secreted a mucous thru the mouth heavily during the whole proceedings, and seems to be limping now since being released. WP-weight 647 grams, sexed internally, a o, had to cut wall of air sac to do it, six slitches in skin. Lots of fat on this bird, had to make a large incision and roll it back to work on it. Bleeding only in skin at level of uncinate process. VsV found drowned in the pool this afternoon. At may have drowned since noon, at least it was still fresh. It proved to be a ? with o sized foot. Rt leg, wing, sitting, ovary & cloaca saved?.