Fulica americana 238 Mar 22 Lake Temescal, 420 ft., Alameda Co., Calif.- The other nest at J6.7 seems to be larger and better formed than when last seen. There is some sort of disagreement deep in the cat-tails at the S end, mostly fish [illegible] "punk-munk, punk-munk" note being heard, tho some splashing and churning was also heard. One cost just get chased out of the S area, being chased to I 10 then swimming across N of the island - some low "punts" were then heard from the chasing bird. When I came into this area about 4 pairs of mallards were in the SE area resting on the floats. They all flew as I came in. One did a lot of quacking, may have a nest in here. Another nest, which I was surprised to see, at P16.2. This nest is very exposed, being in an area burned last winter. The cat-tails are nearly completely gone, but a good growth of new are coming up. However the cover does not exceed 30 inches in height. This nest is composed mostly of green cat-tail leaves, broken and torn until they could be worked into place. One bird was near or on the nest. It looks almost ready for eggs. Another new nest, not present at last check, at Q23.11. Composed almost entirely of dried cat-tail leaves, it looks nearly finished, but with no ramp. It may be too big for an