Fulica americana 280 Apr. 8 Univ. Calif. Campus, Alameda Co., Calif. underneath. Some red is still on the bill of XR, but not much. Little evidence of territorial behavior since at least 7 of the birds loose as in the SE corner. Now Br is in there making 8 of P, but P10 left to join Y16 feeding on the grass. Now WB followed by Y6 came over to feed, the other two birds moving away. W3 came on over to feed on some grain by the pen. Y5 followed her. They fed for a moment with 1½ feet of a Brown Towhee, but after about 30 seconds WB chased the Passerine out of the area. Lake Tamescal 420 ft., Alameda Co., Calif. w/30 & P and S all seen about noon. A SE bird charged into the pair at M10—quite a paired display but both M birds were routed. They moved around to the SW side of the rock to make movies. There seems to be some conflict in the willows at I7 just now. WB came down to I8, was deflected E by a bird there, was chased out to I11 by a SE bird while the M pair displayed at I9 and a SW bird at I7. The M pair moved N around the island to be attacked by a SE bird as they crossed at L10— the chase going to I17—M♀ came out always but SE♂ regained her, in the