Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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63, 3766 Pelidna alpina ♂; Alameda, cal.; Nov. 11, 1908; 3767 " ♂ 3768 " ♂ 3769 " ♀ 3770 " ♂ 3771 " ♂ 3772 Euneutes pusillus ♂ 3773 " ♀ 3774 " ♂ 3775 " ♂ 3776 Pelidna alpina ♀ 3777 Gethlypis trichas ♂ 3778 Lardus philadelphia ♂ 3779 " ♀ Nov. 14, 1908. For the past two mornings I have noted several birds (apparently flowers) about the size of Squatarola helvetica in the vegetable gardens at West Alameda. They would fly as the train passed; but there not the above-mentioned species. They may have been Oypechus vociferus, although they appeared too large. Nov. 19, 1908. This morning I saw in the vegetable gardens at West Alameda several of the flowers mentioned above. Dec. 5, 1908. Along the mole and south shore of the town large flocks of district ducks are to be seen on