Fulica americana 338 Apr 26 Lake Tamesal, 420ft., Alameda Co., Calif. -inlet, so far without getting any response out of a coot. Now the Mallards are drifting S to Q 20. 9:46, the E ♀, down along the shore S, first gave a series of "punk-unks", "punk-punk" etc. No response from the male. # A SW bird just attached and chased both Whews from G11 to F13 where the SW bird displayed. 9:51, the E ♀ flew from P16 to P21 carrying a piece of cat-tail leaf about 2 feet long. As she approached the ♂ puhked twice. She came directly onto the ramp, and as she did he came off, she "punked" a couple of times, he went to P23 then looped back south. He looped back to P23 "punked" a couple of times and settled down to feed. 100 m.- The ♂ after preening etc at Q 23.13 sat for about 4 minutes, he starting pulling on the cat tails, finally got a suitable piece of dead one, about 4 inches long, and carried it to the nest, approaching the S side around the west. He went in to the ramp, the ♀ roached down and took the leaves from him, and readjusted a couple of other leaves on the ramp then turned and swam off to the S. Photographed the Q 22 nest clump for where I am sitting in color. 10:08 W-0/3 moving into N 21, caused E♂ to charge out, then splatler into attack. W-0/3 dived, the E ♂