particularly coveted by the younger birds. A few old birds of this species were seen. Larus glaucescens has three cries from what I have seen and heard:- First: it has a short cry consisting of one note somewhat like a mew; then it has a long ringing cry which is uttered when several make a furious dash for some floating tidbit; the last cry is one of defiance, when a bird lights on a flag staff it usually has to dislodge the previous occupant, which is done by hovering over him threateningly. Once firmly established the owner stretches out his neck horizontally, opens his mouth very wide and utters several closely connected notes; this cry sounds somewhat like a person sharpening a saw very fast. Larus occidentalis. A few adults in the evening, 2 in the morning. A few Larus brachyrynchus or Larus canus were seen in the evening. Ducks were then common along the mole—some Aythya vallisneria. Two gulls were on the beach at the roundhouse. Some were also seen in flight along the mole. Two grebes were seen. FEB 28 1905 Alameda, Cal. to # from San Francisco, Cal. Conditions:- Foggy in the morning; clear and warm in the af- ternoon. I rode inside the steamer. On the San Francisco side, I saw several Larus glaucescens. In the evening Larus californicus was common; Larus glaucescens, a few; Larus occidentalis, two or three; I saw one lone going north, north of Goat Island; two going south; also eight cormorants pas- sing in the same direction. There were a few ducks along the mole.