1938 he lifts both wings and shooe the feathers free of water. As he waded out his breast feathers looked very wet. His bathing must have continued three or four minutes. Birds seen: Black-celled Clover ab. scattered or mud. Killdeer, many. Long-tailed Curlew - four or five - Hudsonian Curlew 20-30 - very sparsely wet on breast. Willet - ab. but not outnumbering other birds as heretofore this fall. Greater Yellowlegs - 2 Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 - not much larger than dowitchers near-by. Least Sandpipers a few Red-backed Sandpipers a few (just seen) Long-tailed Dowitchers 16. Western Sandpiper (I did not see any close enough to identify.) Marbled Godwit - much more abundant, At Dumbarton Bridge. West end: Clapper Rails - 12-15 Sandpipers and B.b. Pluvia - possibly also Willets. Light bed East end Salt Pools: Eared Grebes - 33t Avocets 200+ No pelicans. Gulls Horned Larks -