34. There were quite a few ducks in the water along the mole, scamp ducks and Oedemia perspicillata being recognized. Ducks are becoming noticeably scarcer. Several Echthrophorus occidentalis were seen. This evening the tide was again low, and along the exposed sand near the mole there were hundreds of gulls, and in the shallow water close by were quite a few ducks and one Ardea herodias. Off the seawall west of Fifth Street there were a few Larus philadelphia. March 11, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. This morning when I went to the city the tide was low. Off the seawall down twenty or so Larus philadelphia. On the sand exposed near the mole were hundreds of gulls and several ducks. In the water gulls, ducks (scamp ducks and scoters) and Echthrophorus occidentalis were seen. This evening when returning Larus californicus, Larus glaucescens, and Larus brachyrynchus were seen on the bay, also four ducks very high in the air, northbound, and one Phalacrocorax auritus southbound. I saw a gull circling about at a great height. Along the mole, although high tide, the same species were noted as were seen this morning. March 12, 1909.