to the train. Some were white from the breast to bill. Mr. Reeb went shooting in San Leandro Bay to-day. He got the following birds:- Merganser serrator. One. Fulida alpina. Four or five with considerable black on the breasts. Symphemia semipalmata. One in quite high plumage. Eriornithura jamaicensis. One in fairly high plumage. APR - 1 1905 Alameda, Cal. trans. from San Francisco, Cal. Conditions:- Warm; clear; light winds. Larus californicus, mostly adult birds with white heads are abundant. A few immature Larus glaucuses are seen. Ducks were very common along the mole this morning and fairly common in the even- ing. Drew two large flocks of Aythya marila and sectors going north this afternoon. Along the mole Aythya marila and Oidemia tlg- landi seemed to be the rule. Gulls were abun- dant on the sand both in the morning and afternoon. On the south shore Drew some gulls which appeared from their butterfly- like flight to be Larus philadelphia. APR - 3 1905 Mr. Reeb went hunting to-day in San Leandro Bay, Alameda, Cal. He obtained the following