March 18, 1908. Alameda to and from San Francisco, cal. The fine weather continues. Last evening as the steamer was approaching the mole, three cormorants flew by bound southeast. This morning I saw five flying westward over Alameda; they were quite high above the house tops. Three gulls were also seen doing the same. Other birds were noted the same as yesterday. In the morning I saw five Cedomia perspicillata flying northward when we were between Alameda Mole and Goat Island. March 20, 1908. Alameda to and from San Francisco, cal. The weather is still fog fine, although this morning it was a little foggy. Both in the morning and evening there were considerable numbers of ducks (mostly Scarp Ducks and Aristotetta valisneria) and Larus californicus on the sand and shallow water, the tide being out quite a ways. In the morning an Ardea herodias was standing in the water close to the mole, in fact so close that the fine crest could be seen on its head. This evening as the tram was going up the mole I saw several cormorants pass over going