Telmodytes palustris -1- Aug 17 Big Lagoon Humboldt Co. Calif.- A family of 2 adults and three sleeky billed downy headed young were seen feeding on the edge of Scirpus and on Potamogeton at the SW corner of the "duck pond" in the marsh at the S end of the lagoon (see journal p 124). Summary Northwest Coast Transect. Calif.- These wrens were recorded only at the Big Lagoon area. There they were common in the marsh area at the S end of the lagoon. They seemed to be birds of the Scirpus primarily, being infrequently encountered in the less dense Carex but being regularly seen in all the isolated Scirpus patches, and every 20 w 30 feet in the continuous Scirpus stands. They were indeed, "Tule Wrens" at Big Lagoon.