49. conditions: 5:45 P.M. to 7:15 P.M. clear; warm; light west wind. On the trip across the bay this evening I saw a few Larus occidentalis and Larus heermanni. To the south of Goat Island I saw one Vria troile on the water. This evening about seven o'clock I noted a few Nycti- corax nycticorax passing over the street. Aug. 12, 1904. Alameda to San Francisco, cal. Conditions: 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. clear; warm; west wind I saw a few barpodacuq mexicanus and Passe dome- ticus in my back yard. In the vegetable gardens I noted a few Euphagus cyan- occephalus. Near the roundhouse I saw a few large shore birds and a great many gulle — Larus occiden- talis and Larus californicus. I saw only one Ardea herodias. There were a few gulle north of Oakland creek. On the bay I saw a few Larus occidentalis, Larus californicus, and Larus heermanni; also two or three Vria troile on the water. San Francisco to Alameda, cal. Conditions: 5:45 P.M. to 6:05 P.M. clear; warm; west wind. I noted a few Larus occidentalis, Larus californicus, and Larus heermanni. The first named bird hangs around the docks, and I have also observed a few following the steamers occasionally during the last week or two.