Fulica americana 494 Nest M25.19 - Jewel Lake, 1950 - N pair Egg 4 - vol. 21.5 cc, 31.3 x 47.0 mm. Nest 16.1 - Lake Temescal - 1950 - S/D pair Egg 8 - vol. 27 cc- Nest P25.7 - Jewel Lake, 1950 - N pair Egg 5 - vol. 23 cc - 32.1 x 47.3 mm. Egg - vol. 22 cc - 31 1/2 x 45.4 mm. Egg - vol. 24.5 cc - 31.8 x 48.4 mm. me 13 Jewel Lake, 510 ft., Contra Costa Co. Calif. 3:13 p.m.- just watched this pair cooquate. In this pair the ♂ has the squarish shield, the ♀ the pointed gist the reverse of Lake Temescal. The ♂ had been fishing at HI 4 since about 3 p.m. About 3:05 the ♂ came down to FG 12, joining the flock of immatures feeding there. After feeding with them for about 6 minutes he moved S met the ♀ at H6. They fed close together for a moment, then the ♂ moved over to her, giving that cough, with his bill wide open and admitting a barely audible sound, she moved off in a subdued brace, he close behind moving to some floating cat-tail stems at 68.10 (where the immatures are often seen standing out of the water preening etc), she was arched from the squat position, gave no call, he mounted and adjusted himself within taking a hold of her with his bill, but