Cogswell 1949 71 A Journal Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif. (SUMMARY) Aug.8-19 7. Pastured meadow, or wet grassland. Dominants: Potentilla sp., various short Carexes, Ranunculus sp, et al. Triglochin maritima common in wettest areas (where this grades into next) 8. Tule and Sedge marshes. Dominants: Scirpus acutus? Scirpus robustus each exclusive in certain portions of the marsh at the SE. end of the lagoon for reasons unknown to us. In some places it seems that one is on higher, better drained ground than the other; in other places they are reversed. No distinction is made here be- tween them because the birds at least range thru- Scirpus americanus, Cletharis palustris out them, common along mud banks of channels. 9. Pondweeds channels & flats. Dominant: Potamogeton sp. Large areas of shallow water, part of which became mud flats with the pondweed dry- ing up during our stay 10. Open lagoon. Water without macro-vege- tation; non-tidal, salinity assumed very low. 11. Creek with gravel bars & dirt banks, partly bordered by riparian growth of trees or shrubs - partly not. The birds associated directly with the stream were independent of the bordering vegetation except one (Megaceryle algon) were battered by riparian woodland or spruce-alder forest, log jumbles in the stream bed create a transition to the next. 12. Small stream stream with boulders & logs. Found only in redwood forest.