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MAR 10 1905
San Leandro Bay, Alameda, bal.
6:00 A.M. to 12 M.
Conditions:- Overcast; warm; S.E. wind.
Ducks were very common:-
Dafila acuta. Two.
Aythya vallisneria. Very common.
Aythya marila. Common.
Aythya affinis. Common.
Blangula clangula. A few.
Erismatuira jamaicensis. Common. In goodsized flock.
Ardea herodias. Two or three.
Sandpipers.- Eremetes occidentalis; Actodromas
minutilla; Pelidna alpina. Very common.
Macrochamphus griseus. A few.
Numenius longirostris. One.
Squatarola squatarola. Common.
Gulls. Quite a few Larus californicus.
Cormorants. Two or three.
At the foot of the street I saw quite a few Euphagus
pyrocephalus and Anthus pencillanous.
217; Aythya vallisneria ; F; Alameda, bal.; C.A.S. No. 24228.
This bird showed considerable abnormal yellowish
red on the breast. I do not think it was iron stain.
MAR 11 1905
Alameda, bal. to and from San Francisco, cal.
Conditions:- S.E. wind; rain; warm.
Ducks were common along the seawall and mole. I