Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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there were a good many gulls on the water waiting for the tide to go out. Along the mole I saw Aristonetta valisineria feeding in shallow water, Scarp ducks, Scoters, Oedemia peropicillata, and two Phalacrocorax auritus. On the piles on the San Francisco side this morning I saw a few immature Larus glaucescens. This evening the tide was low and despite the storm the usual gulls and ducks were seen, some of the latter being asleep on the sand. March 21, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. Along the mole this morning about ten o'clock I saw a few ducks and several gulls. The former consisted of Scamps, Oedemia peropicillata, Aris- tonetta valisineria, Clangula clangula (4 or 5). When nearly over to San Francisco we passed a large flock of Larus glaucescens and Larus californicus on the water; some of the latter were adult. On the return trip I noted a good many of each species on the roof of Oakland mole. In Oakland Harbor I saw several ducks. Last evening a Nycticorax nycticorax passed over the house. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. I noted the following wild land birds about the Park: Pipilo maculatus, one; Zonotrichia leucophrys,