Mullion 1949 Phalaropus fulicarius -1- Aug 15 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif. 1 individual collected on the S arm of the Old Mouth of Maple Creek (see Journal p. 124). This bird was not feeding in the fashion generally associated with phalaropes. Instead it would feed in one location for awhile, then get up and fly to another location, where it would settle down and feed awhile before getting up and flying to some other point. Perhaps the density of the Potamogeton growing in the water prevented the more usual mode of feeding.--When shining this bird was found to be extremely thin, probably in the last stages of starvation.