Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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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