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 228 THE CONDOR Vol. XVI no nests or young were found although the tules were carefully searched. Ful- vons Tree-ducks appeared to be wholly absent. Not a single Ruddy was seen, and no Wood Ducks. Two or three Coot's nests were found, but we did not find this bird nesting abundantly in this locality. Shore-birds.--Five or six Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus), which did not act as if they were nesting, one Killdeer, and a small flock of Western Sandpipers, were the only shore-birds seen. Apparently the condi- tions are nowhere near as ideal in this locality for nesting shore-birds as they are at Los Barios. LINK RIVER, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON Link River is the outlet from Upper Klamath Lake. Extensive tule swamps and marshes line the river for miles. This locality, where we spent but one day, May 30, proved to constitute about the best breeding ground visited Fig. 67. NEST OF COT (Fulica americana) COTArING EIGHT EGGS OF THIS SPECIES AND ONE EGG OF THE REDHEAD (Marila americana); TULE LAKE, NEAR MERRILL, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON; JUlqE 2,1914. during the whole trip. In the tule-bordered ponds Mallards, Redheads, and Ruddies were extremely abundant. On one pond alone we counted over sev- enty-five ducks. Aas llatyrhynchos. Mallard. The Mallard was the most abundant duck seen and without doubt the commonest nester. A brood of downy young was met with on May 30 at the margin of a pond. They disappeared so quick- ly by diving that it was impossible to count them. Marila americana. Redhead. Redheads were far more numerous in this locality than at Los Barios or Gridley. On one small pond a brood of about ten very small downy young were seen swimming along behind their mother. She led them into some tules where they successfully eluded our search for them. In color the small downy young are a dark reddish brown, a character which enables one to distinguish them at a distance.