1949 Ammospiza caudacuta nelsoni Jan. 29 - 1/2 mi. E. (or ENE?) of Alviso, Santa Clara Co., Calif. The San Jose group of bird enthusiasts who had this bird located really have done a fine job of it. The area where it has been seen [repeatedly since Jan. 16; first found by David Cutler on Dec. 27] is at the edge of wide salt marsh consisting chiefly of Spartina + Salicornia in more or less mixed growth. A road running easterly from Alviso separates the tidal portion from an area of pure Salicornia, now dead, to the south where stagnant “fresh” water supported some green algae and hosts of small flies — but no birds except a few Savannah Sparrows (others along the roadside ditch) and resting Avocets. Mr. James B. Peterson, who seemed to have the movements of the bird well studied, says he has seen the sharp tail in the Salicornia; but that when it is disturbed, it takes refuge in a certain bush on the bank of the tidal marsh by the roadside. This bush (species?) is about 2 1/2 feet high — a foot or so above most of the others nearby — and it has an open tunnel-like space on the ground under it. Peterson had a trap set by this bush and another some 20 feet away along the bank. We had covered up & drawn