perside of tail: blackish Underside of tail: Not remembered Legs: dark Behavior Slowly foraging in low bushes and even on ground at the base of a wall enclosing the cemetery. Perched in full view numerous times, including once on top of a grave stone. Voice: Silent Habitat: Shrubrow and bare dirt underneath shrubs in a grassy cemetery with scattered trees on a coastal promontory How identification was decided - elimination of similar species: Combination of yellowish underparts, greenish upperparts, two white wingbars, back stripes eliminates everything but Blackpoll. Blackpoll eliminated by 1 bay-colored sides noted by all observers 2 dark not yellow legs Also the breast was not as heavily streaked as most Blackpells and the yellow of the underparts was a paler yellow - not as much of a greenish-yellow as Blackpoll. Prior experience with this species and similar species: Perhaps 25 SPA in springs in Mass. 1965-66 but none since. My first in Calif and my first in fall plumage This description written from _____ notes made during observation | Your address: notes made after observation | Dept. of Zoology memory | Univ. of Calif. Berkeley, CA 94720 Others seeing the bird (addresses of two): R.G. McCasthe, Rich Stallcup, P. William Smith (N.J.), Dick Erickson, Jon Dunn, Ron LeValley, Shum Suffel, Don Robertson, Bonnie Bowen, Bob Yutzy, Bob Dyer, Bruce Broadbrooks. Signed Date