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conditions:- 1:00 to 6:00 P.M. clear; hot; west wind.
Birds very scarce, I saw not more than a dozen in
all, the most being Actodromas minutilla. I saw
one Symphaenia sempalmata.
Sep. 6, 1904.
Alameda to San Francisco, bal.
Conditions:- 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. clear; hot; no wind.
A good many Passer domesticus in town.
On the bay I saw about thirty Larus hermanni;
Larus californicus, abundant; Larus occidentalis,
a few. Uria troile, two; one of these birds made
a noise similar to a baby's cry. One cormorant.
Sep. 7, 1904.
Alameda to San Francisco, bal.
Conditions:- 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. clear; hot. (Temperature
at 2:30 P.M. = 105° F)
In town - Passer domesticus.
On bay - Larus occidentalis - a few.
" californicus common.
" hermanni. About ten.
Uria troile. One.
San Francisco to Alameda, bal.
Conditions:- 5:15 to 5:45 P.M.
On bay (bad position). A few Larus hermanni.
In town. Euphagus cyanoccephalus. About twelve.
Passer domesticus.
Sep. 8, 1904.
Alameda to San Francisco, bal.
Conditions:- 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. clear; hot. (Temp. at 2:30 P.M. - 100° F)