50. this morning and evening there were thirty or forty twenty ducks, mostly Scamps, on the water. This morning there were a good many sandpipers on a marrow strip of mud exposed near the rim the slough near the roundhouse. I saw four cormorants going south this evening when approaching Alameda mole. On the bay I saw a few Larus philadelphia, a good many Larus californicus and oc- casional Larus glaucescens. April 14, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. This morning I saw a small flock of small shore birds flying near the mole. On the water I saw a small flock of gulls. I expected to see practically no ducks, but to my surprise saw about three hundred along the seawall and mole. April 15, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. This morning it was slightly foggy. I saw a small bunch of gulls on the water near the mole. Both this morning and evening I saw several Scanps and one or two Olenia perspicillata. Near the roundhouse beach this evening I saw twenty or more ducks together in the water. At home this evening I saw two Nycticorax nyc- ticoras flying southeast high in the air.