Passer domesticus and Meloipiza cinerea were quite abundant es- pecially around the rubbish piles. I shot eight of the latter, all young birds. Hirundo erythrogaster and Petrochelidon lunifrons were common, being seen sailing over the mud and rubbish piles. Away off over the marsh I could see a flock of about a dozen curlew or godwit settling to the earth. They were south of the railroad track, that is the S. P. C. R. R. JUL 15 1904 Alameda, Cal. to San Francisco, Cal. 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. Conditions: - Overcast; windy; moderate temperature. Passer domesticus was abundant throughout the town. On the sand along the seawall I saw three or four Mycteria mycti- prax. Out at the water's edge was a flock of gulls. Euphagus cynocephalus I saw in the Italian vegetable gardens. Along the shore there were three or four gulls, Larus occidentalis, white off at the water's edge there was a large flock of them, and an- other on the north side of Oakland creek. On the bay I saw- perhaps a dozen gulls, the majority being Larus heermanni; the balance were Larus occidentalis. San Francisco, Cal. to Alameda, Cal. 5:15 P.M. to 6:35 P.M. Conditions: - Clear; strong west wind; temperature mod- erate. Tide ebbing. I saw a few Larus occidentalis on the trip across this evening. Some were flying; a few were on the water. JUL 16 1904