rained heavily during the night. Passer domesticus was common throughout town. Off 5th St. there were a great many gulls, evidently after a school of fish. Along the seawall there were no birds, save two or three ducks in flight. In the slough near the roundhouse there were a few ducks and some sandpipers. The former probably sought refuge there from the rough sea; they do not often come so close to the trains at this time of year. Along the narrow strip of beach there were a few gulls; in the shallow wa- ter 20 or 30 ducks. Along the mole [illegible] a few ducks & grebes. Just after the boat pulled out of the mole a couple of cormorants flew by going south. Only a few gulls followed us at first. But by the time we were off Goat Island there were 100 or 150 following. Larus Calif- or-nicus is abundant; Larus glaucescens common. DEC 10 1904 Alameda, Cal. to San Francisco, Cal. 7:00 A. M. to 8:00 A. M. Conditions; bold; clear; light wind: