March 7, 1909. At the foot of our street to-day I saw three or four immature Larus californicus, and two or three large flocks of cormorants coming from a March 8, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. This morning when I went to the city the tide was out, and there were a number of gulls on the mud in the light near the roundhouse. Along the mole ducks were scarce, a few scaups and scoters being seen. This evening the usual Larus glaucescens and Larus californicus were seen on the bay, I noted a very large flock of gulls following a westbound ferryboat. On a transport we passed there were a good many, each one occupying a some spar or mast or boom. I saw two ducks flying south. Near the Alameda mole I saw a cormo- rant on a pile. It was low tide and there were large numbers of gulls on the bars of mud and sand, also several ducks asleep. A few Scaup ducks and Scoters were to be seen in the water. March 9, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. This morning, when I went to the city, the tide was out, and there a great many gulls on the sand near the roundhouse, also a few ducks asleep.