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wharves in San Francisco as well — both species
being observed: On the piles at the ferry slips
however, immature Larus glaucescens are
about the only birds.
On the bay the gulls were as abundant and
in about the same proportion as usual.
Apr. 13, 1907.
Alameda to and from San Francisco, cal.
Conditions: — Overcast; moderate temperature; westerly wind.
Along the seawall west of Fifth St. Station and a-
long the mole were a very few Scoters and Scoup
flats
ducks this morning. On the sand in the light
near the roundhouse were a hundred or a hundred
and fifty snipe (probably Macrorhamphus griseus or
Tringa camitius or both). There were also one or two
hundred gulls on the sand, which looked to be mostly
Larus californicus. On the bay and at the termini of
the ferry, Larus glaucescens and Larus californicus were
in about the same numbers as usual.
In the evening there were not quite as many about
the San Francisco ship as usual, nor were there any sit
on the roof of the pier just south of us where there are of