Jan. 1, 1907. San Leandro Bay, Alameda co., cal. Conditions:- about noon; moderate temperature; SE wind; clear. We rowed across the bay up San Leandro slough and down Damons home again. Birds were very scarce. High tide. Three or four gulls were noted at distance, over by the Canal; they were circling about. Ducks were very scarce, a few singles and couples being seen. Blangula clangula, Aythya vallisneria, Aythya marila?, and Eusmatura jamaicensis. Ardea herodias. Sixteen standing quite close together on the marsh. Sandpipers. A small flock flying about over marsh. Hawk. A small hawk flew by us when in a slough. Melospiza cinerea. A few. Some feeding on stems of marsh grass. At home in the morning I killed a Hylocichla gut- tata which was feeding on the ground and later flew in to the pear tree where it made rather short whis- tling notes at short intervals. Jan. 2, 1907. Alameda to San Francisco, cal. Conditions:- 7:30 to 8:30 A.M. Moderate temperature; over- cast; SE wind. A large flock of three or four hundred ducks was observed on the water off 5th St. Two flocks of several hundred each were observed off the mole. Some Aythya vallisneria were noticed in quite