southward; a good many ducks were scattered about on the water in the vicinity, while in the distance several large flocks compactly made were seen offshore. About 12:45 P.M. two large flocks of ducks (other than sesters) passed to the southward quite high up. Six large shore birds (plovers?) were seen going northward. One Colangula clangula (?) and one Gerdea herodias, the latter over the marsh, were also noted. A cormorant passed southward bound. On the south side of the Point birds were [illegible] commoner than on the shady north side, three or four small land birds and two Lanius ludovicianus being seen. In the meadow to the west-southwest a flock of Euphagus cyan- cephalus, two Anthus pensylvanicus, and one Coloptes cafer were seen. The Lanius ludovicianus was seen picking things up from the earth ground along the road. In a tree on one of the main streets of San Mateo Island a flock of twenty or thirty Astragalum. San Francisco to Alameda, Cal. 4:10 to 5:00 P.M. Three or four immature and one mature Larus californi- cus were noted on the piles with Larus glaucus (mostly im- mature). Some of the latter were "cackling" and "crowing," while three or four [illegible] part way across on the lower deck, pick- ing up pieces of cracker within right feet of people. Sev- eral Larus canus or Larus brachypterus were swimming about in front of the Ferry Bldg. Before we reached Goat Island I saw four ducks flying