24. conditions: clear; warm. Ducks were commonish the morning along the mole and abundant in the evening. Larus glaucescens. Common. Larus californicus. Very common. Larus occidentalis. Twister three in the evening. About fifteen loons were seen going south in the evening. 212; Cyrtornyx montezumae; S; Banana, Sonora, Mexico, FEB 21 1905 Taken by H. F. Payne; C.A.S. No. 23986. FEB 26 1905 Alameda, Cal. Conditions: Foggy in the morning; clear and warm in the after- noon. I walked down to the beach when the tide was out quite a ways. There were a good many shore birds at the foot of Cen- tral Avenue; ducks were abundant in the channel. FEB 27 1905 Alameda, Cal. to and from San Francisco, Cal. 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. and 5:15 P.M. to 5:40 P.M. Conditions: clear; warm; light winds. Along the mole in the morning ducks were common. Just after we left the slip about thirty Phalacrocorax passed to the north, also a loon. Drew two Odocoileus flying in a southeasterly direction. Larus glaucescens and Larus californicus were very common; the latter being slightly in the minority. These two species fol- low the steamer as abundantly as ever. It is the delight of the former to ride on the flagstaffs of the ferry boats, this being a position