54. Alameda to and from San Francisco, cal. Conditions:- Brisk. NW wind; moderate temperature; clear. In the evening Larus californicus, mostly immature, and Larus philadelphia, many white-headed, were common on the bay. Both species were observed on the water, facing to windward. A flock of the latter were observed flying farther and farther, first high and then low. Four phalaropes or sandpipers were observed flying NW very close to the water. May 9, 1907. Alameda to and from San Francisco, cal. Conditions:- Moderate temperature, somewhat over- cast; NW wind. Evening trip. Larus californicus and Larus philadelphia were not as abundant as usual. Two or three Sterna (forsteri ?) were seen close to the steamer when S of Goat Island. On the small amount of beach exposed near the roundhouse were three or four hundred gulls, apparently Larus californicus. Also a few Numenius hudsonicus and sandpipers were on the mud. A flock of thirty or four curlew were seen