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52.
April 19, 1909.
Alameda to San Francisco, California.
On the bay I saw one or two Larus glaucescens,
Larus californicus, and Larus Philadelphia.
Along the mole in the water and on the
sand I saw a few ducks (Scaups and Oedemna
perspicillata), two Ardea herodias, a few gulls,
and shore birds.
On the marsh west of First Street I saw
quite a few curlew (?) this evening.
April 20, 1909.
Alameda to San Francisco, California.
On the mud and sand exposed along the
mole this morning I saw a good many sand-
pipers and near the water's edge a flock
of gulls. In the water along the mole I saw
several Scaup ducks and several Oedemna
perspicillata.
This evening when returning I saw
several immature Larus glaucescens on the
bay. Larus californicus was common. I saw
a good many Larus Philadelphia flying
southward, one only having a white head.
Last night I saw one or two Nycticorax
nycticorax flying south over Alameda.
April 21, 1909.
Alameda to San Francisco, California.
Larus Philadelphia, a few; Larus glaucescens,
a few young; Larus californicus, common.