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28.
MAR - 9 1905
Son Leandro Bay, Alameda, Cal.
6:00 a. m. to 11:00 a. m.
Conditions: - Overcast in early morning; no wind to
speak of.
Larus. - Apparently Larus californicus and Larus ar-
gentatus. A few seen.
Terns. Three. Probably Sterna forsteri.
Bormorants. A few flying back and forth.
Ducks. Abundant.
Aythya vallisneria. Very common.
Aythya marila. Common. Two males and six fe-
males swam into my decoys.
Aythya affinis. Common.
Blangula blangula. Quite a few. Shot one out of
three fine adult males.
Crusmatura jamaicensis. Common.
Sandpipers were abundant on the flats. I saw a large
flock of shore birds lighting on the mud in the distance,
apparently curlew or godwit from the cries they uttered.
Squatarola squatarola. Common.
Ardea herodias. Three or four.
Macrochamphus griseus. A hunter got three.
213; Aythya marila; 8; Alameda, Cal.; B.A.S. No. 24226.
214; Blangula blangula; 8; Alameda, Cal.; B.A.S. No. 24227.
215; Aythya marila; 9; Alameda, Cal.; B.A.S. No. 24230.
216; Aythya marila; 9; Alameda, Cal.; B.A.S. No. 24229.
218; Aythya vallisneria; 9; Alameda, Cal.; B.A.S. No. 24232.
219; Aythya vallisneria; 9; Alameda, Cal.; B.A.S. No. 24231.