Cogswell 1948 Charadrius vociferous Nov.7 4 mi.'s.w. of Palo Alto, San Mateo co., Calif. 4 flushed (in pairs) from dry grazed hillside between San Francisquito Creek (now dry here) and Sandhill Road. They apparently foraged only in small area where considerable bare ground showed due to local over-grazing. 1949 Mar.20 - Gray Lodge Refuge, S.W. Butte co., Calif. - at least 4 nests with eggs were found by our group while hiking along gravelled roads in central part of refuge. Two had 4 eggs, 1 only 1 egg (which was warm, however) and the other I failed to count. all the nests were mere hollows in the gravel either right in, or just at the edge of one of the "tracks" in the roadway. all the adult birds which were seen were strangely silent for being so near their nests -- perhaps because of the size of the invading group? Photo taken of 1st nest found. Apr.23 - N.W. end of Bay Farm Isd., Alameda, Alameda co., Calif. a pair here, on the "mussel-filled" area near east limits of Alameda city, were very vociferous when a group of 12 or so invaded what is probably their nesting grounds. - in contrast to the above.