Gullion 1949 Calia minutilla -/- Aug 17 Big Lagoon Humboldt Co. Calif. - / collected on the edge of a Carex stand between the "Duck Pond" and the S arm of the Old Mouth of Maple Creek (see journal p. 124). It was feeding in exposed Potamogeton. These birds are of common occurrence on all the open mud areas about the marsh, in or out of water. They very frequently are found in the edge of Carex stands bordered on Potamogeton covered mud-flats. Summary Northwest Coast Transit, Calif. - These birds were regularly encountered in the marsh area at the S end of Big Lagoon where they occurred as individuals or small groups in the Carex and generally vegetated parts of the marsh. They did not seem to be on the mud-flats as commonly but were regularly encountered on the gravel bars along Maple Creek. Cogswell saw / bird at Willow Creek, our only inland record.