Sullivan 1949 Am bottom Botaurus lentiginosus -1- Aug 17 Big Lagoon Humboldt Co. Calif. - 2 flushed this morning at the E marsh at the S end of the lagoon. One was right at the edge of Carex out on the bridge side of the marsh and the second was in a Scirpus edge - and came awfully close to being collected accidentally when I collected my 2nd Virginia Rail. It was at the SW corner of the "duck pond" (see journal p. 124). Summary Northwest Coast Transect, Calif. - This species was encountered only in the Big Lagoon area. In that area it was a bird of thick emergent vegetation, seemingly preferring the tall Carex to the Scirpus, tho also occurring in the latter. I noticed however that birds flushed from the Carex generally flew directly to a thick Scirpus stand where they would settle down.