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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Cogswell
1949
Lemophorus thula
[illegible]
Jan. 30 N. end of Bolinas Lagoon, Marin Co., Calif.
one was foraging here in typical "light-footed" fashion, moving rapidly along through the shallow water at ebb tide, lifting its yellow feet just out of the water at each step. This bird is beginning to show nuptial plumes [see Casmerodius egretta, also]