1938 but were seen or heard calling. Very young chickadees were in the redwoods back of the Cottage. Juncos picked up crumbs from the porch floor. Goldquiches came to the pool for water. Coast jays were not heard - no ravages heard. Wrens which have not been de- tected near the cottage earlier were about all day; the male sang and the female an- swered. I was too busy to make sure whether ...there was a family group (Company) at dusk, a cloud of brush tits filtered in-from broom to rose Friclin and on around the house In afternoon a Hermit Thrush could be heard singing on the slopes of Ben L. mountain across the highway. July 18. Sun rose clear - first morning for some time. Usually a light fog disappears about 7:30 or 8 a.m. Many birds singing same as yesterday. Before starting home we went to the West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz to see if there were any shore birds there. Found it very foggy. I could not see the holes where the guillemots nest. A great many swallows flying about the sea cliffs; Kittell Sparrows, Dr. Goldquiches singing, Morning Doves on the wires. On the sandy beach I saw three Heermane Gulls with white heads. In one place two Guilmotis were crouched on the sand and a third flew to a resting hole above. A pair was seen inside the lighthouse point and five flew up to a niche where there were many dropshing. I could find more