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no nests or young were found although the tules were carefully searched. Ful- 
vous 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 Banos. 
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 Coot (Fulica americana) containing eight eggs of 
THIS SPECIES AND ONE EGG OF THE Redhead {MaHla ameHcana ) ; 
Tule Lake, near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon; June 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. 
Anas platyrhynchos. 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 Banos 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. 
