flew over the town going in an easterly direction. They flew in long lines high up in the air. A few Nycticorax nycticorax flew over this evening. Aug. 15, 1904. San Leandro Bay, Alameda Co., Cal. Conditions: - 9:00 A. M. to 1:00 P. M. Rather overcast in the morning; warm; west wind increasing towards 10 o'clock. I started from the end of Bay Farm Island Bridge and rowed north along a very narrow channel as far as the furthest slough - that is the big one just north of Seal Slough. Here I saw a good many, and shot three Symphemia semipalmata. I also saw and shot one Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. I saw one Aegialitis semipalmata and a great many Eremnetes occidentalis and a few Actodromas minutilla. About fifty ducks flew by towards the southeast high up in the air. They came in flocks of 12 to 20. The immense expanse of mud left bare furnishes a feeding ground for hundreds of shore birds. I saw several Larus philadelphia on the trip home. They were well out from the shore and were following a school of small fish. I saw one Nycticorax nycticorax during the day; it was in flight. I saw an Aphelocoma californica and many Passer domesticus this afternoon. Aug. 16, 1904. San Leandro Bay, Alameda Co., Cal. Conditions: - 10:00 A. M. to 2:05 P. M. Rather overcast; warm; light west wind increasing towards noon.