99. the boat. Larus californicus and Larus delawarensis were common. I saw one Larus hermanni. Oct. 13, 1904 San Leandro Bay, Alameda, Cal. Conditions: - clear; warm; no wind. In the backyard I saw two Zonotrichia leucophrys. Pacer domesticus was abundant. I saw a beryle alcyon on a walk over the water. On the Alameda shore we saw a few Squatarola squatarola and a good many Eremnetes occidentalis. In Melrose slough and the vicinity saw the following birds:- Larus, 1; Sterna forsteri, about twelve, fishing; Phalacrocorax, 1, coming from the canal; Eriornithura jamaicensis, one out in San Leandro Bay; Ardea herodias, a few, one was exceedingly easy to approach; Nycticorax nycticorax, 2 or 3; Rallus obso- letus, 2 or 3 at the edge of the marsh; Macrorhamphus scolo- pacaeus, about 12 in one flock, saw 3 or 4 stragglers; Actodro- mas minutilla, common but not abundant; Delidna alpi- na, about 12; Eremnetes occidentalis, Abundant; Limosa fedoa, about 12; Numenius longirostris, one; Symphemia semipal- mata, common; Aegialitis semipalmata, two; Squatarola squatarola, common. At home I saw an Astragalinus fedrigon and cosmos lush. Oct. 14, 1904. San Francisco to Alameda, Cal. Conditions: - 5:15 to 5:35 P.M., Larus californicus and Larus delawarensis were common.