57. This afternoon about 4 o'clock I rowed over to Melrose slough. I did not see a single water fowl or shore bird. I saw one hawk of the genus Falco. Aug. 18, 1904. San Leandro Bay, Alameda Co., Cal. Conditions: - 7:00 to 11:00 A.M. Warm; rather overcast; light west wind increasing towards noon. I rowed up San Leandro slough as far as the curve in the S.P.C.R. R. track, then I went off into a small tributary slough. In the main slough Symphemia semipalmata and Ecrenietes occidentalis were abundant. I saw a few snipe and curlew here also. In the tributary slough I noted a bird ahead of me on the water, evidently a small duck. I saw three Rallus obsoletus on the bank of the slough. These birds with the exception of one seemed very curious about me; for they stood silently regarding me until I fired. Burlews were very abundant on the marsh in near vicinity. Dales saw a few Melospiza cinerea and a good many Hirundo erythrogaster. I going out of the large slough I drifted near to a flock of Symphemia semipalmata on the mud; they paid very little attention to me but kept on feeding. They act somewhat in the manner of chickens. One would obtain something and another would try to snatch it away. Aug. 19, 1906. San Leandro Bay, Alameda Co., Cal. Conditions: - Time, 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 A.M. Rather overcast, warm; light east wind in early morning; then light west wind. I went up the large slough north of San Leandro slough.