conditions:- bold, frosty; bright east wind; clear. Passer domesticus was of course in evidence. Along the mole grebes and ducks were quite common. There were also a good many gulls flying in an easterly direction. Dribde inside the steamer. On the San Fran- cisco side Larus californicus was very common; I saw 3or4 Larus glaucescens. This evening about 5 o'clock I noted three Larus — flying in a northwesterly direction high above the city. DEC - 7 1904 Alameda, bal. to San Francisco, bal. 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. conditions:- bold; clear; S.W. wind. Along the seawall & mole there were a few ducks and grebes. Off 5th St. there was a large flock of gulls evidently after a school of fish. On the bay Larus californicus was abundant, Larus Glaucescens was common. The latter also follows the steamers. Their cry is much squeakier than