the ferry steamer. On the San Francisco side Larus glaucaceus and Larus californicus was common, Larus glaucaceus the more so. A good many of this species were standing on the piles. When I returned in the evening, while off Goat Island, a flock of about 20 small gulls passed, flying very low over the water. DEC 18 1904 I saw the following birds from Bayste Hills, collected within the last couple of days:- Omas boschas, 1; Dafila acuta, 4; Nettion carolinensis, 10 about; Spatula clypeata, about ten. A friend shot for me an Aythya vallinaria off the foot of the street. DEC 19 1904 The following birds were gotten by hunters to-day from about Alameda:- Nettion carolinensis; Aythya vallinaria; Blangula clangula ♀'s; Anser albifrons, 1. A flock of fifteen of these last was seen by a hunter Along mole, a few ducks & grebes. On bay, Larus glaucaceus and Larus californicus abundant