Hullon 1950 Fulica Americana 539 July 4 Jewel Lake, 510 ft., Contra Costa Co. Calif. - mediate in bill color, the middle bird in development. These birds all seem exceptionally shy, the adult in particular I wonder if they are in molt, shouldn't be though. 1:50 p.m. - I've been here for 3 hrs 22 minutes and there has been no change in incubation. At 2:15 pm. I checked nest H 17.2 - No parent around; #1 about ready to hatch, #4 one pipped others all warm measure. #1 - 31.3 x 45.7 mm. #2 - 31.5 x 45.4 mm. #4 - 30.9 x 45.5 mm. #5 - 31.9 x 47.2 mm #6 - 31.7 x 48.6 mm. #7 - 31.1 x 47.6 mm. #8 - 30.7 x 49.7 mm. The young in egg #1 is wheewing constantly! No parental defense of this nest at all. Left the nest site at 2:28 p.m. no sign of parent around. The platform at H21, I is held up on one side by four green cat-tail leaves pulled down and worked into the nest. But this is about the only nest that has been effective in. The other side has collapsed! The nest at N25.24 is well built up and apparently in use as a roost or brood nest. No ramp is non-existence but it other-wise is in good repair. The wood nest at N26.18 is newly built up with some freshly added material in it. Some leaves still wet from where they were in the water but are now on top. 2:53 - I followed by Ernie worked up towards the nest, he heard the wheewing of the young, and apparently,