J Crouly Journal May 22 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co Calif. At 7:00 A.M. we set out to dig gophers. We set four traps between our camp and the beach, then walked along the shoreline northward from the Russian Gulch Bridge. We saw mole and gopher digging all the way along the grassy cliffs above (500 ft above) the ocean. I saw a cloud rabbit and heard a meadowlark when we first started along the cliffs. At the edge of the cliff just at its end (north) of our track we saw a white-crowned Sparrow, very large, with a shorter wing than the Mustell and sent an angry short 'tup' for alarm not a Hen bit was identified as it hopped about the bushes. A new bird - curlew-like was seen flying like a bullet above the surface of the water. It was jet black with a long slender neck, long pointed wings, short tail, and white feathers on its under-surface - and on the base of its tail. We also saw a young Calif. gull - out dark gray plumage, also an adult Cal. gull; some Warblers (?) and Purple Finch. We climbed down to the rocks near the