Jan. 20, 1907. Alameda, Cal. (off south shore) Conditions: - Calm; moderate temperature; clear. Quite a number of ducks, mostly scoters— several hundred; I shot an immature Oidemia perspicillata. Two or three Scharitovetta albesa. Several gulls, all flying save one on a sand spit. One gull which passed was a Larus calif ornicus. I saw a humming bird on clothes line in next yard. Jan. 24, 1907. Alameda to San Francisco, Cal. Conditions: - Overcast; moderate temperature; light wind. On the way between the mole and the ferry depot this morning I saw only Larus glaucescens, mostly immature. I saw only a few ducks along the mole. Jan. 29, 1907. Alameda to San Francisco, Cal. Conditions: - Foggy in forenoon; moderate tem- perature. A few Larus glaucescens and an occasional Larus californicus were following the steamer. In the evening we started a flock of about 50 ducks from the water off Goat Island. In the evening there seems to be no gulls around the docks or on the bay, while in the morning they are quite common.