Mayhew 1948 Journal 16. March 13 8 miles west of Gridley, Butte Co., Calif. on the first day of a 10 day period in the checked areas. 49.3% of the hunters got birds the first day, then the number dropped off. 85-90% of the birds killed are birds of the year. About January 1, bird census begins. This is done by observation from a car, or on foot, or by airplane, or by driving the birds, or by counting cock crows. The foot census is the best so far. March 14 This morning we made a tour of the refuge, partly by car, the rest on foot. There was intermittent rain and a strong south-east wind all day. Besides observing the waterfowl present on the refuge, we saw a freshly killed Lesser Snow Goose that was presumably killed by a hawk. Shortly after noon we traveled to the Bigelow ranch, where we made a practice pheasant drive through a field whose predominant vegetation was last year's stand of star thistle. Quite a number of pheasants were scared up - predominantly hens. We then went to the Sartain ranch, where we looked over some typical pheasant habitat in rice fields. As soon as we returned to the cars from this trip through the rice field, we started back to Berkeley. During the day, the following species of birds were observed - both in