1938 (Oct. 3. Cool after the rain. Flicker heard again. Mrs. Hankin reported 1 Hermit Thrush. (Oct. 4. Warmer. Purplefinch singing above the Stadium and Golden-crowned near house. Heard the call note of a Fox Sparrow. House Wren heard again. At 6:30 a.m. a Vigor's Wren sang its full, clear song. (Oct. 5. Beautiful day. Lady Birds went to Lake Merced. There on its Mountain View Marsh (1-2 p.m.) their back via Drum- Barton Bridge. At Lake Merced we found Flickers very abundant; two large groups of quail; Black Phoebe, Anna Hummingbird; Vigor's Wren, Tule Wren, Andrew- son Warbler, Meadowlark, Linnets, Willow Goldfinches, Spotted Towhee, Hillside Sparrow, Puget Sound Sparrow, Goldencrowned Sp. (one only) Song Sparrow. Western, Eared and Pied- Billed Grebes (not ab.), Coots (ab.), Florida Gallinule(1), Bluebills, Baldpate. As we went on along the Skyline Blvd. we saw eight to ten hawks - Sparrow & Redtail. At Mountain View Marsh there was an abundance of birds near the highway as tide was just going out. Many Killdeer, B.b. Plover, Long-billed Curlew (30+); Hudsonian Curlew (10+); Willets (ab.), Lesser Yellowlegs 6+; Least and Viridian Sandpipers, Long-billed Dowitcher 10+; Godwits (20+), Avocets 6, 2 Clapper Rails, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Blue Heron.