Cogswell 1949 Journal Jan.29. ½ mi. E (or slightly N of E) Alviso, Santa Clara C. Calf. with Gordon Hullon & Seth Bailey in our car we arrived here shortly after-- 12 noon & met Mrs. Neilson of Campbell, Calif., who showed us the area in which several people from the San Jose area have been seeing a sharp-tailed Sparrow [see species account]. The tide was still coming in during the early P.M. & during the time it took to locate the rare sparrow & while we waited for it to return several other items of interest were noted: 1 mouse (sp.?) which ran from among weeds along roadside and into a burrow under a rock firmly embedded in the substratum of the road. The mouth of the burrow was just about large enough to admit 3 of my extended fingers, about a dozen droppings of this size: -- were scattered on the dirt floor of the opening. Sulls foraged over the marshes, one large immature (Herring?) one in par. ticular flying much like a Marsh Hawk in harrying actions. It once dove at something in the Spartina grass, & a small flock