Phalacrocorax. One seen way out on the bay. Hawk. One seen circling over the water of the Union Gun club preserve. San Leandro Slough and slough to the north of it, also San Leandro Bay:- Geothlypis trichas. Two. Melospiza cinerea. Common throughout marsh. Cathartes aura. One seen. Hawk. One seen near Fitchburg. Limosa fedoa. A few seen. One flock coming in from outer bay. Numenius hudsonicus. Two or three. " longirostris. Flock of four on mud, Easily approached. Squatarola squatarola. Common. Ducks. A flock of between 100 and 150 passed us near the southeast end of the railroad bridge. They were going southeast. Sep. 19, 1904. Alameda to San Francisco, cal. Conditions: -7:00 to 8:00 A.M. clear; warm; nowind. A few Passer domesticus were seen. In the marsh at the west end of town I saw an Ardea herodias. Along the mole three or four ducks got up as the train passed. I rode across on the forward deck of the steamer. There were a good many gulls, adult Larus californicus on the water. Three were almost within the ferry ship. The would rise as the steamer approached. Off Goat Island a Phala- crocorax penicillatus flew across our bows within a few feet.