76. Saw about twenty of the last-named and very few of the other two. I saw a Stercorarius in pursuit of several Larus heermanni. This pirate tackled each bird as it came along. The Larus heermanni were flying west in in most every case. On the mud exposed near the roundhouse I did not see a single bird. Oct. 8, 1904. Alameda to San Francisco, cal. Conditions: - 7:00 to 8:00 A.M., SE wind; pouring rain; mod- erate temperature. Passer domesticus were of course somewhat in evidence. On the water off the seawall I saw a bunch of half a dozen birds evidently grebes. At the roundhouse there were 200 or 300 gulls on the mud and about 50 on the water. Many of those on the sand rose. I rode over on the forward deck. I saw a few Larus californicus and Larus delawarensis. Following the Storm. Newark were a great many of the above species and about twelve Larus heermanni. Oct. 9, 1904. At home. Conditions: - SE wind; moderate temperature; even, warm SE wind; rain until about middle of afternoon, when it cleared somewhat. During to the early rains the grass and some other vegetation has become green much earlier than usual. After the sun had come out and everything was smiling I saw a warbler in a pear tree. I shot an Astragalus peak-