these birds in the Suiscun marshes. They stayed there for about a month, dwindling to fifteen. Several were taken. FEB - 9 1905 San Leandro Bay, Alameda Co., Cal. 7:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Conditions:- Light winds; clear; warm; low tide at about 10:30 A.M. The following are the birds observed :- Gavia, three or four; Larus, quite common; Larus californicus, three or four; Phalacrocorax, very common, flying as a rule quite aimlessly about, two or three small flocks on the water; ducks, a good many seen near the smooth shore in the morning, three or four seen in the afternoon; Aythya vallisneria, common; Ardea herodias, about ten; Actodromas minutilla and Eremeutes oeci- dentalis, abundant; Pelidna alpina, common; Symphemia semi palmata, a few; Numenius longirostris, one. (A hunter saw a flock of about twenty-five curlews on the south shore of Bay Farm Island,) Squatarola squatarola, very common, Hawks four; Melospiza cinerea, common; Sturnella magna, common FEB 10 1905 San Francisco, Cal., to Alameda, Cal. 5:15 P.M. to 5:40 P.M. Conditions: cool, windy; clear. Gulls were very abundant off the water front. Larus glaucescens. Abundant. Larus argentatus. One. Larus californicus. A few. Larus canus or Larus brachyrhynchos. Abundant. As the train passed along the marsh at the west end, I