distant gulls and a tern. On the watersouth of the mole several Scaup ducks and one or two scoters were seen. On the marsh east of First were a few curlew this morning, and on the small bit of sand exposed near the roundhouse there were several gulls, curlew or godwit, and sandpipers. In the evening more, beach was exposed and more birds seen. On the south shore of Alameda, this evening saw a flock of at least a hundred Iringa canutus or Macrochamphus grisecus, or both. They appeared quite red as they rose from the sand. Other shore birds and gulls were noted also in much smaller numbers. April 15, 1908. I noted a Zonotrichia poronata in the yard this morning. It was eating young lettuce. April 17, 1908. Alameda to and from San Francisco, Cal. Conditions: - Warm; westerly wind; clear. Larus californicus. Several on the Bay and a few on the exposed beaches along the south Alameda shore. Larus glaucescens. Several on the piers on the San Francisco side. Shore birds. Curlew or godwit, snipe and sand- pipers were very common along the shores. Ducks. Several Scaup Ducks and Oedemia deglandi along the mole. When west of Goat Island this morning six of these latter passed us going south.