41 For some time. Another time it remained beside the road where we passed. Once I walked up to within 6 ft. when the bird flew. Aug.13. We went out again Poor-Wellng. We found more until it was fully dusk. Then located three, two on the Jayante side, one near Newell Creek on the San Lorenzo side of the hill. I tried to approach me with a flash light, with head lights of the car turned off but could not see the eye shine and the bird flew when I was 10 ft. away. We could never see both eyes at once - only one but very large and the color of a glowing coal. Aug.14. Returned to Berkeley via Dumbarton Bridge. Tide was very low. In a marsh near Dumbavale a few Curlew were seen. As we approached the bridge one Black billed Blover was seen (full plumage). We found a Clapper Rail on the highway. It has apparently just been struck by an auto, was lying on its side but trying to slide along. I picked it up and placed it in the shade of the fence in the gallicoma. It called in protest as I took it. By grasping the " in into brake it pulled itself a little farther then lay gasping. James felt it out of its misery and we brought it to the Museum. While I was watching it a flock of fifty or more Willets and Curlew flew over. In the mud bauls of the bay proper there were probably a thousand or more birds, 300 of them W. Willets and most of the rest Godwits. A very few Plows (Bk) were seen. In the salt ponds beyond there were scattered flocks of Shaleropes, probably 600 all told. Only a very few Sandpipers, single birds usually, one flock of fire- Dressat it. Blue Herons were seen and as we neared the hills three American Egrets were seen. We remained all the time on a post in the pool nearest the highway and I took two snap shots of them. Part of the time he left his head under his wings. Several Foster Dews were fishing and