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Saw a few Euphagus cyanoccephalus flying over the
eucalypti near 7th St. Station. When going down
Brigg Avenue about 6:30 P.M. three or four Nyc-
ticatorax mycticorax were seen flying over towards
the southeast high in the air.
April 14, 1907.
San Leandro Bay, Alameda Co., Cal.
Conditions:- Moderate temperature; southerly wind;
overcast, with occasional drizzles
The Passer domesticus nest which is being built
in the rose bush on the back of the house of
grass, mostly dried, and is placed about 10 feet
from the ground. It is about 3 inches in depth
inside, and has no lining.
In San Leandro Bay and I sough the fol-
lowing birds were observed:- Hundreds of
shore birds were seen feeding, all remarkably tame.
Larus glaucescens. Several immature ones
were observed flying about and sitting
on the mud.
Larus californicus. One or two adults flying.
Three or four flocks of twenty or thirty