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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 Buddies nest in some numbers on Lower Klamath 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 
hunch 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. 
Plegadis 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 I 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 
Avhole 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 {Steganopiis 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 Snij^e as they went through their aerial gyra- 
tions. The birds fly high in the air and their Avhole body appears to vibrate 
as they dash doAviiAvard 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 Avas found on the shore of the lake on June 9. It Avas placed in 
loose sand near a rock Avhich just shoAved above the general level of the ground. 
A small depression sparsely lined Avith dry sticks formed the nest Avhieh held 
four fresh eggs. Mr. C. H. Glaser, a rancher, reported that Avhile hoeing his 
garden in the near Aucinity of this nest he had a feAV days before accidentally 
destroyed another nest containing four eggs. On the east shore of the lake, 
June 4, AAm discovered a doAvny young one not more than one or tAvo days old. 
