Behle 1934. 1/2 mi. S. Byron Hot Springs, Contra Costa Co., Calif. 149 Aug. 1 could put one bird in a cone. often three or four would be dead around me when I shot them while kneeling down preparing one bird. Notes on individuals will be entered later but I shall state here that in the lot were a couple of juvenal just commencing their first fall molt. In the next half hour I was able to pick out three or four more either using the glasses or with the naked eye. I find it rather easy to distinguish the males from the females by the head markings and when any slab-headed one comes along and is shot it usually proves to be a juvenal. certainly this tiny area of water and damp ground is an attraction to these birds since flocks after flock come in and settle down. They always swing around and come in facing the wind. I believe it is seeds or insects around the pond they are after but some have appeared