Insted several hundred sandpipers flying about the march near the roundhouse this morning. I saw a few in a slough this evening. APR 15 1905 Alameda, Cal. to and from San Francisco, Cal. Conditions: - Stormy, Clearing in the late afternoon. Ducks are not common along the mole, those seen this morning were blangula clangula, one; Aythya marila still fairly common, there being about equal proportions of males and females; Oidemia deglandi, several. I saw some small grebes along the mole, probably they were polymbus nigricollis. I saw several this evening. Besides a great many Larus californicus and three or four Larus glaucescens, I saw two or three Larus occidentalis. This morning I saw several ducks and two loons going north. There were few gulls on the water owing to the storm which made the bay quite choppy. This evening while still off the mole several Larus philadelphia passed us going south; all were hooded. There were a good many gulls and an abundance of sandpipers on the beach this after- noon. Nearby I saw several ducks in a slough close to the roundhouse. APR 17 1905 Alameda, Cal. to and from San Francisco, Cal. Conditions: - Warm; somewhat overcast; light winds. A few ducks were seen along the mole in the morning and evening. Gulls and sandpipers were common on the.