NOV 17 1904 Around Bay Farm Island, Alameda's bal. 7:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Conditions:- Slightly overcast, soon clearing; hazy around horizon; now wind; very warm. North of the B.P. bridge I saw 2 or 3 gulls (larus) and one large gull, probably Larus californicus. To the south of the bridge I saw 3 Gavia pacifica. One flew away, another escaped by swimming. The third I shot near the end of the B.P. bridge. Here I saw three or four Larus philadelphia. Near the further end of the out 3 Squatarola squatarola flew by; a small party of sandpipers darted about. On the marsh I saw an owl, probably Asio occipitutinus; Melospiza cinerea was common; I saw one Gosthlypis trichas. On the bay I saw the following birds: Colymbus, probably auritus & nigricollis Gavia pacifica. One flew by boat S. of island. Larus glaucescens. Shot one off McCartney's.