DEC 15 1904 Alameda, bal. Time: - 6:00 A. M. to 7:15 A.M. Conditions: - cool; clear; no wind. I got into a blind near Damon's slough before daylight. On the way over I disturbed quite a good many ducks. After I had been in the blind a few moments two Nettion carolinensis flew into my decoys; I shot one. I saw a few Oxyura vallencei. Very few ducks in flight. A good many gulls passed over. In the afternoon I saw a few Darnisphila- delphia. Ducks were flying quite frequently between 5 & 5:30 P.M. I shot a male Nettion Carolinensis after ter dark in Damon's slough. DEC 17 1904 Alameda, bal. to San Francisco, Cal. Time: - 7:00 A. M. to 8:00 A. M. Conditions: clear; light wind; cold. A few ducks and grebes along the mole. I rode inside