Illinois 950 Fulica americana 170 Jan 4 Univ Calif Campus, Alameda Co, Calif.- material in the area, also that it is more solidly formed pellets, bright green whereas previously the feces seemed to all be an yellow olive color, or more properly, a brown ochre. The birds in general seem to be much more active. - Noted 1604 being less violent about territory defense, but once he picked up a stick and carried it about two feet towards 38 before dropping it. A little later he picked up another twig and dropped it into the water. I noticed also that another stick had been dropped in the water nearly sometime previously. He gave two very loud "pukks" a few minutes later while resting upon the E ramp. There was little evidence of territory defense today, but rather pairing behaviour Jan 16 same locality - 18B - weighed, #5 456 gmo, remaining stubs off primaries and secondaries pulled. None of three regenerated primaries are normal, one is nearly full size, but the other two are about 1/2 size, warped and wavy, very much altered from normal. Leg length 127 , shield 2 SS, legs G, wunder wing coverts M3, bursa 20 mm. Jan 17 same locality - Until the last couple days, two scoops of grain have