conditions:- clear; warm; light easterly wind in Alameda; light westerly wind on the bay. Tide flooding. I saw a good many Passer domesticus in town. While waiting at the station I saw a Nycticorax nycticorax fly over. I saw three Aphelocoma californica fly from one eucalyptus tree to another. On the sand near Fifth St. Station I saw a Nycticorax nycticorax. On a manure pile in the vegetable gardens, I saw a flock of Euphagus cyanocephalus. Along the mole I saw about ten Larus occidentalis. Far off to the south, that is, off the borax works I could see a large flock of gulls moving over the water. On the north side of Oakland beach there was a good sized flock of gulls on the sand. On the bay I saw a few Larus occidentalis. JUL 14 1904 From home to about one mile south of Bay Farm Island bridge, Ala- meda, Cal. I went on a bicycle. Time: - 5:30 a.m. to 6:50 A.M. Conditions:- clear; warm; temperature moderate. There were two Aphelocoma californica in the back yard. One, a male, I shot. The other bird stayed near, shrieking in the meantime until I drove it away. There were quite a few Passer domesticus in the trees and on the streets. As I rode along near Bay Farm Island bridge, a curlew flew over. On the further side of the bridge a sandpiper passed swiftly by. It was probably Eremetes occidentalis. Near the bridge I saw three or four Carpodacus mexicanus. Hirundo erythro- gaster was also common, some sailing over piles of rubbish beside the road, others sitting on the wires. There were also