W. GULLION 1950 Fulica Americana 403 May 7 Lake Temescal, 420 ft., Alameda Co., Calif. 10:13 the fisherman moves on E is still at D 22.24, feeding. 10:16 he is still feeding in the same area. 10:17 he carried a piece of eel-tail from D 22.24 to the nest, and the female came off, going to C 23. P23, then to D 26.14 at 10:19 to feed. 10:20, now she is out of sight, 10:21, she is moving S from D 25, to P23, once to P22, S to P17, arriving there at 10:23, going to P16.19 to feed. 10:26 - she is out of sight at P16, and just then she came out at P16.9 and started S, to D 14.24 at 10:28 where she met the male Malleys and her brood of 12. She "poached" about the whole thing, then swanned and attacked the female at P15.21. The hen missed at first but would defend her young, she now has 8 several went towards P16, E female chased one of them, now she is feeding at P15.9 10:30 and 2 young Mallards must be N of us. Then she moved to P16.2. The female Malleys is returning to the island w/10 young, so they are all safe. 10:34 - E female is out of sight at P16 10:38 - a SE kid coming out from his area, splattering, chased male from L 10 to L 13. The same chase also brought E female out of P16 to N 12. (10:40) now E female is moving back N. The SE kid was not identified, but it should be the female.