Larus californicus followed the steamers abundantly. The former are becoming scarce, one adult was seen. The latter were all adults save one or two. The gulls usually fly around the boats, though sometimes one or two will hang in one position quite a while. Their cry is very different from that of the Galapagos gull, being a sort of chickeny squeal given in a high key. In the evening at High Street I saw three or four Nycticorax nycticorax flying over with their old familiar squawks. They were flying toward the SE. Mar. 16, 1907. Alameda to and from San Francisco, Cal. Conditions:— Rainy; wind very light; cool. Both in the morning and the evening there were a great many gulls on the sands left bare by the tide near the roundhouse — Larus glaucuscens and Larus californicus. They were both common on the bay, following the ferry boats, and on the piles