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JUL - 1 1904
Alameda, bal. to San Francisco, bal.
Time :- 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M.
Conditions :- Overcast; windy; temperature mild.
As I walked down the street this morning,
I saw and heard a great many Passer domesticus.
As the train went along the seawall, I saw the usual
number of Nycticorax nycticorax and Larus occiden-
talis. In the vegetable garden, I saw a few Euphagus
cyanoccephalus; along the marsh a few Melospiza cin-
erea. On the sand along the mole there were a great
many Larus occidentalis. I saw one Larus hermanni,
the first I have seen on the sand. I saw one Ardea
herodias.
Off Goat Island there were quite a few Larus
hermanni and Larus occidentalis in flight, the former
predominating. I saw only two gulls on the water,
it being somewhat rough. They were both Larus oc-
cidentalis.
JUL - 2 1904
Alameda, bal. to San Francisco, bal.
Time :- 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M.
Weather :- Very overcast; thin fog; windy; moderate
temperature.
I saw the usual number of Passer domesticus
as I walked to the train. They were in the streets and
all over. Opposite the station, in an oak tree I saw
an Aphelocoma californica busy wiping his beak
on a branch. Off the seawall I saw a few Nyctio-