Their squeal to get away other They light on top of a tree & call. Nov.14 Forgot to say, saw few few Coots & 2 Pied-billed Grebes & a Ruddy Duck in pond along road in Gold. Gate Park. Loto. Anna's Hummers in acacia brush near ocean. Looked at aviary. Spurred Towhees, Brewer's Black- birds, Gambrels V Cal. Quail etc. Dec.5. Saw a few. Fla. Gallinules in C. Naumann's also some swans. We don't go by plumage to kill old birds, but feels windpipes which are hard in old ones. A fine ? Wood. Mrrg. later. Bloody & mused. Dec.8. Big band quail along trees back of Garibaldi's. Flew into sy- presses as usual. Missed 1 on fly of a band of 7? hiding by apple tree. Pasture gate under a dead plum. Missed 1 flying from owl briars. Got 1 in oak over Smiths fence & 2 in cypresses. Before I shot Saw a hawk swoop thro as this were