used side of hill in picking up gravel; Cassin Purple Finch ab at Echo; W. Chipping Sparrow (general); Mt. White-crowned Sparrow general in meadows; [illegible] Song Sparrow at Tahoe City; Black-headed Grosbeak, one near Canadian Bay; Russet-backed Thrush one at Tahoe City; Brewin Blackbird on Lake Tahoe. Calif. Thrills on Lake Tahoe, saw six flying just under Rubicon Peak in early morning; Ducks (sp. ?) on lake near Mrs. Hawkin's. She told me they nested in a hole in a tree ne her house and flew over the house at times. She was told they were Wood Ducks. Did not see them at close enough range to identify them. At Auburn young Purple Martins were perched on wire atop railway station. Weather warm, clear except for heat clouds - Mrs. Fletcher showed me dead tops of small willows along lake shore, each ringedled by sap sucker holes. July 16. Boulder Creek. A deer came up the R. R. track and turned into the woods opposite our house. Hot. July 20. Spent a few hours at Moss Landing. Hot at Boulder. Cool, foggy at Moss Landing. Saw following birds. 1. Red-throated Loon - one - bathing and preening in the lagoon. 2. Farallone Cormorant - two or three. 3. Black-crowned Night Heron - one) 4. St. Blue Heron - several. 5. American Teal - 2. 6. Pintail 8-12-15 7. White-winged Scoter - 8-15. 8. Brown Pelican 7 ½ 9. White Pelican - 3 10. Turkey Buzzard - 1 11. Marsh Hawk - 1-brown. 12. Killdeer 15-20 13. Serin-paluated Plover - 2 14. Long-billed Curlew - 2 15. Hudsonian Godlew 10 t 16. W. Willett 8-10 17. Long-billed Dowteller ? 18 Western Sandpiper } flecho- 19 Least " 20 Marbled Godwit 10-12 21. Western Gull - 2 ot 22. Calif. " 2 23 Ring-billed " 2 24. Forker Tern 7 o t 25. Least Tern 4 o t 26 Mourning Dove - 3. 27 King Fisher 28 Cliff Swallow - a few. 29 Barn Swallow abundant 30 Ridgway's Blackbird 31 Brewer " 32 Meadowlark 33 Linnets 34 Ing. Sparrow 35. Willow Goldfinch 36 Peregrine Falcon Sparrows 37 Whiteall Sparrows. Anhing Green Heron at Trin Lakes near Santa Cruz