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of the lakelet. It was a great breeding place for water fowl and yellow headed blackbirds Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. In Poudre Valley Reservoir Poudre Valley Reservoir found no mollusks, but picked up three dead shells of Planorbis trivolvis Planorbis trivolvis on the beach. Saw an American avocet Recurvirostra americana, black crowned night herons Nycticorax nycticorax, and 9 great blue herons Ardea herodias. We discovered that the tire of the new wheel which we obtained at Ft. Collins Ft. Collins, Colorado was not properly shrunken on, so the wheel is weak and we must drive with care, especially as the roads are abominably rough. Also discovered that the new front spring is weak, – nearly broken through one leaf. We blocked this up and went on. Markman shot two young night herons Nycticorax nycticorax or bitterns Ardeidae at a lake south of Poudre valley Reservoir Poudre valley Reservoir and we saw others. In a marsh we saw several Wilson’s phalaropes Phalaropus tricolor. Near Windsor Windsor, Colorado we crossed what I believe is Fox Hills sandstone, dipping to east. Found no identifiable fossils. At Windsor Windsor, Colorado, on N side of Cache La Poudre Cache La Poudre, we bought provisions, then went on to