Conditions:- Clear; west wind; moderate temperature; mally becoming overcast in the evening. I rode outside on the steamer yesterday and to-day. Larus occidentalis and Larus heermanni are seen quite frequently. Mostly young birds of the former and old birds of the latter species occur. I saw one young Larus heermanni this morning. None of the birds follow the ferry-boats. A few birds are seen at low tide on the flats along the mole. This evening at home I saw several Nycticorax nycticorax flying over. Several mornings ago I observed an Euphagus cyanoccephalus on the beach at low tide near the seawall. JUN 23 1905 Alameda, Cal., to and from San Francisco, Cal. Conditions:- Moderate temperature; west wind. Larus occidentalis and Larus heermanni are fairly common, particularly on the San Francisco side. I have seen occasional Ardea herodias A male Gygis aquila was shot at Black Points Marin Co., Cal. on Petaluma Creek on JUN 20 1905 by P.J. Walsh.