1942 Berkley June 22. Warm, clear. A family of Hutton Vires was feeding in the oats in the front garden in mid-morning - at least five altogether. The male was singing much of the trice trr-ée, trr-ée. Other notes followed which were scarcely audible - brayick, brayick. Call notes were a soft whit - never me-ek-ee, though my impression is that when they were building (Mar.24-27,1936) I heard that note. When I went into the garden I found the feathers of a Vireo scotland about in front of the cuthraes percola, some above the wall, some on the brick pavement - Owl or Cat ?; A baby Screech Owl has its head at the hole- occupied the lower half of the space. In the afternoon at Lake Merritt I found the wild (3) fowl were being fed at 3:30. There were many broods of baby Mallard from a few days old to about half grown. Also some young downy goslings. I saw one male Ruddy Duck (full plumage), a pair of Shovellers, a pair of Pintails and an extra male, two male Wood Ducks and a few Costs. June 25. At Alvarado Pool: No water visible. Lobelia almost gone. Barn Swallows, Cliff Swallows, Meadows larks, Redwing - groups of young and adults. When we stopped at the turn in the road I began to hear the "yipping" of a Stilt and soon it appeared flying toward us. It flew over our heads and across to the fields to the east, thin back, yipping all the time. In the outskirts of Santa Clara, a Wailing bird singing