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 232 TH] CONDOR Vol. XVI was accompanied by both the male and the female adults. On nearly every small pond in the vicinity a pair or two of this species was to be noted. Other ducks.--From observation and evidence obtained from interviews, Shovellers and Ruddies nest i some numbers on Lower Klama. th Lake. At the mouth of Willow Creek several male Shovellers were noted and several pairs of Ruddies were seen. Branta canadensis canadensis. Canada Goose. Our first Honker was noted on the east side of Lower Klamath Lake where we startled it from the shore. While driving around the lower end of the lake on June'6 we saw a bunch of at least ten half-grown young. Only one adult was seen with them, but two broods were probably represented. On June 7 two other broods were seen near the mouth of Willow Creek. One contained four young and the other five or six. Ranchers of the vicinity reported that Honkers nest every spring in the tules bordering the lake and that they are the first of the water birds to nest. Reports agreed that fewer geese nested on the lake this spring than in former years. lqegadis guarauna. White-faced Glossy Ibis. On June 4 a flock of five or six White-faced Glossy Ibis was seen flying south over Lower Klamath Lake, crossing the line into California. They were close enough so that ! could see the long curved bill, and characteristic sailing with wings set. Fulica americana. Coot. On Lower Klamath, Coots were not as num- erous as most of the species of ducks. Less than ten were seen during our whole stay on the lake. On June 9 two or three downy young were noted on a pond at the mouth of Willow Creek. Shore-birds.--The Wilson Phalarope (Steganopus tricolor) was first seen on Link River in Oregon. Later, in the Willow Creek marshes on the west side of Lower Klamath Lake, twenty or thirty birds were observed. On June 8, while crossing a pasture I started up a pair of Wilson Phalaropes from the low sedge. They flew excitedly about my head and soon were joined by four more. After a long search I discovered the nest, which was placed on the ground and was built of sedge stems. The shells of four eggs from which the young had hatched still lay in the nest. Wilson Phalaropes were usually seen in pairs feeding in shallow ponds. Gallinago delicata. Wilson Snipe. Our endeavors to find the nest of a Wilson Snipe proved fruitless. On every trip into the marshes on Willow Creek we saw and heard these Snipe as they went through their aerial gyra- tions. The birds fly high in the air and their whole body appears to vibrate as they dash downward for fifteen or twenty feet and it is at this time that the weird sound so often described is heard. The few which were flushed from the grass were easily identified by their erratic flight. In almost every in- stance after being flushed they started on one of their aerial trips. On two occasions they were heard long after dark. Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. Near the mouth of Willow Creek a Kill- deer's nest was found on the shore of the lake on June 9. It was placed in loose sand near a rock which just showed above the general level of the ground. A small depression sparsely lined with dry sticks formed the nest which held four fresh eggs. Mr. C. H. Glaser, a rancher, reported that while hoeing his garden in the near vicinity of this nest he had a few days before accidentally destroyed another nest containing four eggs. On the east shore of the lake, June 4, we discovered a downy young one not more than one or two days old.