Fullea americana 496 Jun 13 Jewel lake, 5/8ft. Contra Costa Co., Calif. Other bird has a less extensive black band on the neck. All have dark bills, the oldest having the darkest bill. The youngest still has a suggestion of orange on its bill. The youngest is about as the drawing on page 488 - but also with a white pre-ocular spot and with a band of hoary plumes around the head just below the eyes -- rals! Notice that all but the oldest had have the pre-ocular white spot. Only one of the birds seems to have the white hoary appearance below the rals, but 2 others have a neck that is a little lighter gray than the rals, but it is a solid gray, not mottled with the lighter stuff. I have not seen any of these birds being fed by the parents. As they feed pretty much together most of the time every so often one goes way away from the other foraging. They are doing most of their feeding by tipping for Potamogeton. I hear the or giving a series of low "pucks" from