then take off inth labored strokes, flying into the canyon back of the Berkeley place. Rustic-backed Thrush rang constantly, Grosbeaks and Purple Finches, Creepers and Quizzes occasionally; Warblers very little. Heard W. Tanagers once - June 2-3 in early morning. Heard Black-throated Gray Warbler a few times only. June 25. See other page. Nuttall Woodpecker heard.(1) June 3029 - Very hot all day - 95° in S. Francisco. June 30 - Cloudy, sunny, still quite hot. Went to Boulder Creek. It was 106° there yesterday. July 1. High fog till noon. Warm, beautiful weather. Rustic-backed Thrush feeding young in nest about 12 ft. up on horizontal branch of redwood north of house, east side of clump of redwoods. No sounds from young. Male sings at a distance from nest all day. Female comes very quickly to nest, feeds at frequent intervals. Calls if any dies. Turpance near the nest. Cassin Vireo - calls of young - July 2. Beautiful weather. Clear all day. Mr. & Mrs. Blanks joined us- July 3. Visited nurseries in Santa Cruz. Willows Goldfruches near Poodletons. Also Pygmy Guillemot went into cove in cliff opposite the nursery - Many Common Loons, a few Brown Pelicans. No shore birds seen. July 4. Remained at the cottage all day. Saw a family of Tiny Quail (2 in long) under weeds on river bank. Watched them scratch for food. Heard Black-throated Gray W. once. July 5. Returned to Berkeley. Dr. Thomson told me he watched two families of quail on campus - one pretty well grown. The other he judged to be a day old. The parents led the young across the road (8+) where they had difficulty getting over the curb. All finally succeeded except one which was left behind. He ran up and down, peeping intermittently but did not get over the curb to join the family. After several minutes the father flew up into a tree to