When going up the mole I saw a few ducks on the water. Both here A flock of ducks was seen flying south, and another north along the west coast of Alameda. In the fight near the roundhouse were seven Aidea herodias standing in the shallow water with necks out stretched in alarm as the train passed. They were unusually close. This morning I saw one standing in the marsh quite close to the train. February 14, 1909. Alameda, California. Several Zonotrichia leucophrys were seen about the yard to-day; most of them were adults. In the straits between Alameda and Bay Farm Island this evening I saw three or four distant ducks. This morning a flock of about two hundred Euphagus cyanoccephalus passed over southbound. I saw two Nycticorax nycticorax flying to the southward this evening. February 15, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. Along the seawall and mole a number of grebes ducks were seen in small flocks and as stragglers. One or two grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) were