Fulica americana -17- Apr 30 Jewel Lake, Tilden Park, Contra Costa Co, Calif- A bird incubating at C 12.13 at 11:40 a.m. At 11:50 a.m. the last egg -1- in nest B26.6 was sorta cool but the bird inside is still alive. It is pretty well pipped, but it helped it along. Want to get the close sight. Very tip of bill black, nib to naves orange-red, naves to head, deep blood red. There are short bead-like orange structures around the upper base of the bill. Bill comes out under right wing. The orange is a club shaped affair on a stalk on either side of the bill in front of the eyes. The skin above the eyes is blue. Feet are kind of a colorless greenish, body dorsal body surface covered with long black down, 1/2 its length orange, wings the same. A 1 mm. claw on each alula. Wings also with orange tipped black down. Black down on undersurface only slightly tipped with yellows. Bill from one nases, 5 mm. nid-toe 25mm. Tarsus 20 mm. Hallas 8.5 mm. tip of bill from top of frontal shield 14.75 mm. Frontal shield color continuous with that around naves. Egg tooth with white tip, above black. egg tool No orange down on top of head, starts down on nape. In 10 minutes the