at least two of them - very close together! They were in thick growth with just the beaks above water. The yellowish coloured downy head matched the water growth very closely. The young were evidently just matched but could run swiftly on the grass and plants with their large well developed feet. The female, if it was the bird of this nest, evidenced no interest nor made no demonstration. I believe the male does all the nest duty. For description of nest and locality see Data. The birds that are holling in the dense brush further in are I believe birds with young. Only when they have young do they fuss much. The Gallinula were not so plentiful as before. But we found their nests in the hyacinth. One nest with 3 pipled eggs and one stale one. Another set destroyed, fully where