Fulica americana 488 Jewel Lake, 53 ft., Contra Costa Co., Calif. apparently the spurge - it still shows a suggestion of a halo, it has a pattern much like that on page 474 only with less white on the head & neck. 11:53a.m. now the J has moved to F/10. outside site P "painted" front to the abuts. The J got up on a stick and preened for a few moments and as he did so it was possible to see the P band on his legs, on the left. Another darker syr with white-tail coverts appeared. A couple of kids shot at one with an air-gun just as it dived. Apparently they didn't hurt it for a full count of 5 was made at 12:20 p.m. At least 3 have some white under-tail-coverts, including one lying with the remnants of a halo. There is also at least one without any white under tail coverts. Two with faint halos have a couple of white dabs laterally for the white coverts, but no tail, 2 others, darker birds (see below) have A tail. All bet there is a nest with eggs in it, under incubation around. 12:43 p.m. a second bird appeared