sand near the roundhouse. On the bay Larus californicus is very common. In the evening I saw eight Aythya marila and two scoters going north. Off Goat Island about a dozen Larus philadelphia passed us in the same directions. Mr. Beck obtained about twenty-seven birds from Alameda to-day. The majority were Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. The remainder were as follows:- Oidemia deglandi. One. Pelidna alpina. A few. Regalitis semipalmata. Two or three. Squatarola squatarola. Four. APR 18 1905 Alameda, cal. to and from San Francisco, Cal. Conditions:- Warm; overcast at times; quite windy. Along the marsh I saw several large shore birds prob- ably curlew. Gulls and sandpipers were common on the beach near the roundhouse. There were quite a few ducks along the mole. Larus californicus is ab- undant on the bay. In the evening I saw one or two Larus occidentalis—adults. Along the Alameda shore I saw a good many Larus philadelphia. In the morning I saw several Oidemia deglandi flying in a southerly direction. APR 22 1905 Alameda, cal. to and from San Francisco, cal. Conditions:- Warm; windy; clear. Yesterday as well as to-day I saw curlew on the