Cogswell 1949 Brus canadensis Dec. 4 near Gray Lodge Refuge, S.W. Butte Co., Calif. about 1 p.m. a flock of 30 cranes flew- over the south part of the refuge, calling loudly - a rattled but resonant "t-t-t-t-t- t-t-tt-t.tt-trooo. They sailed down toward the bare fields south of the refuge and apparently landed there. about 4:20-4:30 p.m., as we drove along the West Butte Road just NW of the Marysville Buttes, a flock of about 230 cranes was observed - some of them walking along the ground (short stubble field), others flying low over a knoll to another part of the flock. The gangly gait described for cranes in the literature was evident here, a notice- able to me on this (my's) first good view of a crane on the ground. at least 8 of the flock which was observed at the closest range were definitely smaller - about 1 ft. lower in over all height and therefore undoubtedly of the subspecies B.c. tabida. 1950 Jan. 22 4-5 ft., 9 mi. W, 3 mi. S Lodi, San Joaquin Co., Calif. (mid p.m.) A flock of about 800 (+ 50) were in corn stubble and pasture fields just N of the Whites Slough riparian woodland here. all the close ones appeared to be of about a size - and all large (B.c. canadensis?). Many were in full gray adult plumage, only a few with much brown.