Willits and Godwits. As I did not have my bi- oculars I could not study them in detail. Two A.m. Egrets west of the bridge. 1 Ruddy Duck on the bay. Cold, clear. Dec. 12-17 Cold east wind. Dec. 16. Warmer. No wind. About 4:30 p.m. I visited the bay, shore ponds to see an old Squaw Duck reported by Mr. Kelly. It was with a group of Ruddy and Blue- Bills but kept its head under its wing all the time. I could see the white body feathers, The dark spot on the side of the head, and the dark grey wings. Dec. 17. We drove to Boulder Creek, stopping at Dumbarton Bridge where we saw great numbers of shore birds and rare Gulls in the salt pools (tide high 6 ft.) Bonaparte Gulls were present but less abundant. All Wise Sandpipers, Willets, Godwits, B.B. Plover were present in large numbers. At Mountain View Marsh we had to wait for the tide to withdraw. All four wires on the fence were above water and the salicornia patches too but no mud visible yet. Birds were col- lected mainly on a higher patch of salicornia at come distance from the highway. The first ones to come near were Least Sandpipers that found a footing on the salicornia and found food even before the mud was exposed. Then single Willets began to appear; then a flock of Dowitchers; then Godwits and both kinds of Curlews. A flock