out, keeping the birds in a turmoil. I saw only one hawk. This bird hovered for quite a while over the marsh, and finally made a big swoop to earth and did not appear again until a few minutes had elapsed. At home Passer domesticus was abundant, feeding sheep fly on some manure piles. There were 3 or 4 Astragalines on a cosmos bush. Hunters report having seen a flock of about a dozen white geese in San Leandro Bay. NOV 25 1904 Alameda, Cal. (San Leandro Bay and straits.) 7:00 A. M. to 11:15 A. M. Conditions:- Warm; clear; no wind. In San Leandro Bay I saw the following birds: Columbus auritus. Shot one. A few grebes. Gulls. A few large gulls sailed lazily about. Larus philadelphia was fairly common. Aythya affinis. A few. ? Both of these Eriornatura jamaicensis. Common. } species were shot by first running them down.