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and kept put in a portion of our chicken yard.
Ardea herodias. A few. Six standing together
fishing in the shallow water near the mouth
of San Leandro Slough in the very early morn-
ing. Two of the six I killed; they proved to
be immature birds.
No Nycticorax nycticorax seen.
Sandpipers were fairly common. About a
dozen taken in San Leandro Slough were
Actodromas minutilla. Those taken in Damoni's
Slough were Eremetes pusillus.
Macrorhamphus gusius. Quite common in
both sloughs.
Symphemia semipalmata. Quite common. Doug
considerable calling.
Hoopoe seen.
Squatarola helvetica. Several, some black-
belted; mild.
Egialitio semipalmata. Two or three feet of street
at dawn.
A few small land birds in marsh; recognized
as Tilmatodytes palustris.
3700; Actodromas minutilla 9; Alameda, Cal.; Sep. 29, 1907; L.A.S.Mo.