ed the the Heermann's species that was I think a young of the year. It was smaller than any of the others and was of a uniform sooty brown or dirty black color and was marked in tail wings and upper parts by cross bars of a light tawny color. Small Sandpipers seen in water taking a bath after the manner of the Brewer's Blackbird and other birds Curlew seen at river mouth feeding, eighteen were seen. They fed in the same way as Blackbirds feed. Those behind flying up and alighting in front of the rest. Sept.25. Red-bellied Hawk seen during an attempt to capture a small bird- a sparrow I think. It was flying only three or four feet from the ground when it paused an instant and then dropped to the ground but it