Dec.24,1904, Alameda,Cal., Conditions:-Storm heavier than yesterday. About seven o'clock while on Garfield Avenue a good many gulls passed by. They all flew low behind a row of tall Eucalyptus trees, which protected them from the high SE wind. The following birds were brought in by a hunter.- Nettun carolinensis. Aythya vallinera, manila, affinis. Blangula clangula Charitonetta alberla All were taken near the sand hill on the south coast of Bay Farm Island. Dec.26,1904. Alameda, Cal., Conditions: cold in early morning; warm, hazy, nowind, rest of day. I saw- 3 Blangula clangula one D Aythya americana