18. Jan. 30, 1908. Alameda to and from San Francisco, cal. conditions:- Moderate temperature; clear; light or mo wind; usual hours. Larus glancescens and Larus californicus were the same as usual. Both yesterday and to-day the one or two of the former were noted on the lower deck of the steamer in the evening, and this evening an immature bird of the latter species alighted on a boat davit. Ducks were noted as usual along the mole. This morning four ducks low down and two cormorants high up were passing north- west. This evening one or two ducks were noted proceeding South, while when east of Goat Island 8 or 10 loons in very loose formation (hardly a formation at all, merely happened together) passed southeast high in the air. Jan. 31, 1908. Alameda to San Francisco, cal. conditions:- Southerly wind; cool; overcast. Ducks were not as abundant along the mole as usual, but those that were there were quite close in. several This evening I saw gulls going westward over the city, both at the Ferry and at Lough and California sts.