47. April 6, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. Both this morning there we and evening there were quite a good (many gulls on the sand along the mole. Few ducks were seen, Scoters (Edemia perspicillata) and Scapys, and apparently two Drake Merganser se- rator, there seen. I saw one cormorant flying. This evening I saw two Nycticorax nycticorax pass over the house, going Southeast. April 7, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. While the train was going along the seawall this morning a flock of about two hundred sandpipers in close formation passed. Although the tide was well out, there were comparatively few gulls on the sand near the mole. Very few ducks were seen along the mole. This evening when approaching Alameda mole eleven Scamp ducks passed ahead of us northbound. April 8, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. The tide was low this morning. Along the seawall west of Fifth Street Station there.