below the road where he could not be seen. Other birds seen were Flicker, Coast Jay (heard only), Quail, Cooper Hawk, Titmouse (singing at Mann house), Wrentit, Bunktit (a pair in the Monterey junces at mouth of Strawberry Canyon), Robins, Hermit Thrushes, Brown and Spotted Towhees, Crowsed Sparrows (cp.?). Cold north breeze. Feb. 14. Lois and I went into Hamilton Gulch - No Allen Hummingbird or Quailcatcher. Much warmer. More birds singing. Feb. 15. Heard Quailcatcher again. No Allen Hummer Feb. 16. Cold east wind. Sine warmer. Feb. 17. Wind turned warm. Spring day. At 10:30 p.m. Treasure Island light - Sparklingly Clear. Feb. 18. Exposition opened. Holiday. James and I drove To Boulder Creek and back. We crossed from Foothill Blvd. to the lower Blvd via Valle Vista and Elvande. In the pools there we found about a dozen Green-winged Teal - more than I have ever seen together - Also Britails, Shovelers, Bluebills, Puddies and a Yellow Legs (Greater?). At Boulder Creek Kingfishers were calling excitedly and continuously - At Mountain View Marsh on the way home we were too late for the best tide so most of the birds were too far away. But there were near the highway perhaps 100 Shovelers, 150+ Bob Plover, 180+ Willets, 38+ Long billed Curlew; I couldn't make out any Hudsonian Curlews. Only a few Dornithes and Red-backed Sandpipers, some Least and quails, a sprinkling of Western but much more