84. Sterna forsteri. I saw about fifty. Shot four, which showed signs of immaturity. They were all off the mouth of the slough and in search of fish. Trigialitis semipalmata. About eight. Limosa fedoa. Common. Symphenia semipalmata. Common. Squatarola squatarola. Common. Ereunetes occidentalis. Abundant. Actodromas minutilla. . Nycticorax nycticorax. In from flight. Ardea herodias. A few. Hawk. One in the distance. Sheard rail up in the adjacent marsh. When a downpour of rain came the sandpipers and Trigialitis semipalmata seemed to enjoy it. They would suffle up their feathers to allow the water to get in between. I saw a good many bathing in pools. Sep. 23,1904. Alameda to San Francisco, cal. Conditions:- 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. Moderate temperature; strong S wind; rain. It rained quite heavily all last night. I saw a few Passer domesticus near home. Talas noted some on Market St. this morning as I went up from the ferry.. In the slough near the roundhouse I saw three large shore birds. Along the mole there were a good many gulls quite a ways out. There were several Limosa fedoa close in to the tracks. On the trip across Larus californicus and Larus dela-