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53.
They were also on the mud bank with the terns. They
were nearly all immature and in worn plumage,
some having black feathers coming in on the
head. I saw one black-headed adult only.
Numenius hudsonicus. One.
Shore birds. I saw several other shore birds.
Two or three were large, apparently curlew or godwit.
Three or four appeared to be either knots or
dowitchess, while three or four others appeared
to be Sguatarola helvetica, in fact I think I
heard this last species call. All were
quite distant; some on mud.
Ardea herodias. Three or four. Wary. Flying
when approached; uttering the usual
Marsh croaks of alarm when arising.
Nycticorax nycticorax. Two or three flying.
high in air over bay.
Cynopaus cyanecephalus. Several on lawns in
Alameda.
3757 Larus philadelphia ♂ Alameda, bal.; June 10, 1908; b. A.S. No.
3758 Sterna forsteri ♀
3759 Larus philadelphia ♀
3760 ♂
3761 ♂
June 14, 1908.
In the yard next door to my home I observed
an Icterus Bullocki in a pear tree this afternoon late.
On the south side of Bay Farm Island to-day