Gulls were abundant as usual on the bay. Quite a number of Larus canus or Larus brachyrhynchus were on the water in front of the S.F. ferry slips. On the Alameda pier piles and roof of the building at the Alameda mole there were quite a number of gulls, one or two being adult Larus Californicus. The gulls on the piles were going through their usual antics. Several were on the water close beside the steamer. In swimming they use their feet al- ternately; when at rest on the water the feet are pendant and are not held up close to the body. I saw one gull sitting on the water make a dive for something, ducking under head first, immersing its head and neck just as I saw a fulmar do once at sea. In Alameda I saw a few Euphagus cyan- cecephalus sitting on telegraph wires at the corner of Mound St. and Central Ave. this morning about 8:05 A.M., and also an Ardea herodias flying SW over Torg near the round house. Passer domesticus picking things off of the great limbs and twigs of the pear tree next the house. Jan. 20, 1908. Alameda to San Francisco, bal. Conditions:- Moderate temperature; rainy; light wind. Ducks were noted as usual south of the seawall and mole this morning. Gulls also appeared as usual on