Mayhew 1950 Cinnamon Teal April 2 Conaway Ranch, 2 miles east of Woodland, Yolo Co., Calif. This afternoon I saw 4 pairs in the large drainage ditch that forms the southern boundary of the ranch. Nearly always they were in open spots of water that are surrounded by tule. I didn't see one of them more than 15 feet from tule while they were on the water. April 4 Today 4 pairs of breeding birds were seen north & east of ranch headquarters. The first 2 pair were found about 20 yards apart. Each pair flew about 50 yards & settled into the tule in the same ditch from which they were flushed. When they were flushed again, both pairs flew to another ditch about 200 yards south of the original ditch, where they landed about 10 feet apart. 1952 Conaway Ranch, 2mi east of Woodland, Yolo Co., Calif. April 29 A fairly large number of birds have been seen in the flooded rice fields & in the drainage ditch at the south end of the ranch. An occasional lone or is seen, but usually the birds are seen in pairs May 1 A nest was found today about 6 feet above the water on the north ditch bank of the main ditch north of ranch headquarters. The cover is about 8 inches high around the nest & is arched over the nest, so that it is rather well concealed. The nest contained 9 eggs, but not much down. The hen remained (1)