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JUL 19 1904
Alameda, bal. to San Francisco, bal.
7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
Conditions:- Overcast; west wind; temperature moderate.
Draw-two Apheloecoma californica and a good many Passer domesticus as I went to the train. On the bay I saw a few Larus occidentalis.
San Francisco, bal. to Sausalito, bal.
5:15 P.M. to 5:45 P.M.
Conditions:- Clear and warm off San Francisco waterfront;
Off Alcatraz and Angel Islands, low-fog with cold west
wind.
I saw a good many Larus occidentalis and Larus heermanni on the way over. Off Alcatraz there were hundreds
of Uria troile, many of which flew up as the boat passed.
I saw-one try vainly to cross our bows and finally have to
sheer off. Off Angel Island I saw-one Phalarocorax penicillatus.
JUL 20 1904
Sausalito, bal.
5:45 a.m. to 6:15 a.m.
Conditions:- Bold; foggy.
I saw a good many Carpodacus mexicanus about
clumps of milk thistles (Silybum marianum), the seed
of which they feed upon. I saw also one Pipilo fuscus
and three Pipilo maculatus.
Sausalito, bal. to San Francisco, bal.
7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
Conditions:- Overcast; west wind; cool temperature.