Alameda to and from San Francisco, bal. Conditions: - Moderate temperature; clear; light west wind. This morning there were two large flocks of ducks on the water south of the mole, also two or three small flocks and some [illegible] birds. An Aechmophorus occidentalis was was on the water with several ducks close to the mole. Gulls were following the steamer both in the morning and evening. Larus californicus and Larus glaucescens as usual. Feb. 13, 1908. Alameda to and from San Francisco, bal. Gulls and ducks as usual. Three or four days ago I saw two Merganser (serrator?), one a fine adult male, close to the mole. They splattered off a few feet, not rising free of the water and making a great splash- ing with wings and feet. This evening there were two Ardea herod- ias on the sand, exposed beside the mole. Feb. 15, 1908. Alameda to and from San Francisco, bal. Birds were about the same as usual on the bay this fine clear day. A few Larus canus or Larus brachyrhynchus were seen as well as Larus califor- nicus and Larus glaucescens. Many of the latter on hurricane decks of steamers. Loons and Phalacro- corax diplotus going south near mole. An Ardea herodias in shallow water by mole.