1939 (all white except for slight gray shadings at head back it was within 100 ft. and through 8x binoculars I could see the rosy eye. It is undoubtedly an Eared Grebe in spite of the early date when it was first seen. Bipits (100S) were very abundant. At Mt. View Marsh the Tides was Too far out for really good observations but I saw about 50 R.C. Clover (no calls), Killdeer-(ab.r. noisy), Willets 100+ (quiet), Longbilled Curlew 30+ (one called cur-leew, an other when it flew pi-wi-wi-rhee). Only one Hendersonian Curlew seen. Godwits 3, Dowitchers 15+, Least Sandpipers 50+; W. Sandpipers 10+. Oct.8. At Boulder Creek warm sunny day after a chilly night: Hermit Thrush (at least hirs), Golden-crowned Kinglets; one Ruby-crowned Kinglet heard only once. Golden crowned Sparrows heard in the distance. Flocks of quincoos along the roadway over the mountain. On the way home many flocks of Brugetensis, increasing as we neared Clapland. (On Saratoga Grade. Indistinct) Swifts so we stopped to look at them. They were Vaux Swifts and I counted six at one time. I think there were many more. Oct.9. Berkeley. At dawn a Hermit Thrush was calling under my window. A little later a Fox Sparrow sang repeatedly. Ric Kinglet Oct.10. I picked up a dead Fox Sparrow in the Street just in front of our entrance. A slight