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No gulls or terns whatever were seen.
The following are the birds I saw:-
Ardea herodias. Several. Wary.
Nycticorax nycticorax. Quite a number;
all flying high save one which alighted
on the mud close to us. We worked close
within range of it and killed it. It proved
to be an adult male with very large
sexual organs. Dropped a fish from mouth when
shook the water from plumage.
Limosa fedoa. Probably a hundred
or more seen. Of one flock of about
fifty, I killed a dozen, two of which
when skinned proved to be males with
small testes. Heard some flocks
calling, giving two sorts.
Numenius hudsonicus. For a certainty,
three together.
Symphemia semipalmata (?) A flock at
a distance.
Melospiza cinerea. Several in march
on grass and debris of trees & bushes.
Some singing.
3697 Limosa fedoa & Alameda, bal; May 30, 1907; BAS No