itself, being dislodged three or four times by the shaking of the pole, and the wind. It maintained its balance at critical moments by judicious opening of the wings and spreading of the tail. Then west of Goat Island a loon was seen high in the air and flying north- ward. January 23, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, california. 7:30 to 8:30 A. M.; cool; overcast; south wind. When going along High Street a flock of some twenty Euphagus cyanocephalus flew over. I recognized them by their short notes. Along the Seawall and mole ducks were very common on the water, but nowhere near as much as a week ago. On the bay two scoters (apparently Oedemia perspicillata), separate, passed us westbound. I saw about seven ducks in one flock southbound. Larus glaucescens and Larus californicus followed the steamer in the usual numbers and proportion. San Francisco to Alameda, california. Several immature Larus glaucescens and one or two Larus californicus about the bow of the steamer as we left San Francisco this evening. I saw a flock of eight or ten ducks flying northwest.