54. in my boat as far as Walnut Street. There were, a few gulls- Larus occidentalis and Larus philadelphia. I saw about six of the former and about twenty of the latter. I shot two Larus philadelphia. One had tuberculosis; this was exhibited by the numerous tubercles on the intestines; it was a female. The two birds I shot were adults. I saw only one hooded bird. These flew only when forced to. None were very fat. Were they invalides or were they the fore- rainers of the migration? Both these birds and the Larus occidentalis decoyed readily to their wounded companions. About ten o'clock I returned to San Leandro Bay; I saw one duck on the water between the railroad and the Bay Farm Island bridges. I walked down the S. P. & R. track as far as the first curve. I saw one curlew in a slough, and several south of the railroad track. A flock of about twelve ducks flew across high up in the air. After returning to the end of the railroad bridge I pro- ceeded into Seal Slough. Here I saw a few large shore birds probably curlew. From here I proceeded into the next slough to the north of it. Here I saw, and shot, some Eremetes occi- dentalis, Egialitis semipalmata, and Macrochamphus scol- paces. I saw a few Larus philadelphia, a few Squatarola squat- arola, two or three Ardea herodias, and a few curlew or god- wit. I saw perhaps one hundred Eremetes occidentalis and about six Egialitis semipalmata. This afternoon I saw an Aphelocoma californica in the back yard. This evening a great many large shore birds