1948 Sarus pipixcan 2 Dec.27 (cont.) - about this: outer rectrix all white so far as we could tell. next one with narrowed dark area narrow terminal white. After the bird circled around & into good light where we could see that it was pure white all over the underparts, and Together with more white on the tail I knew it was not a Laughing Gull for sure. Eventually it landed again on a dike by the old Ballona creek channel, and Ralph Mall stayed to watch it while I went to got Mrs. Stulty, who came up from 2 miles away to see it. It was still on the dike & we all checked it over again thoroughly. The bill seems shaped about thus: Upon flushing it again, we noted its dull reddish-bushy legs & feet, & that the right leg hung down at about a 45° angle throughout its flight, which explains its always resting on its belly when on the ground. This time we approached to within about 30 feet of it before it flew.