68. 3840 Macrorhamphus grisescus ♀ Alameda, Cal.; July 9, 1909; C.A.S. No. The entire lot of forty-three birds which I got were examined and it was found that there were both birds which had bred this year and birds which had not bred but which were in worn breeding plumage. July 13, 1909. San Leandro Bay, Alameda Co., California. Shore birds were about as abundant as they were last Friday, but somewhat wilder. Rallus obsoletus. Beck took one and found nest with seven circulated eggs. Larus philadelphia (?) Three or four. One in mud with shore birds. Gulls. Two or three large immature gulls. Squatarola helvetica. Several. Beck took black-breasted specimen. Tegialeus semipalmatus. About a dozen. Minuenius hudsonicus, limosa fedoa, and Symphemia semipalmata were quite common the second being seen the least and the third being very common. Macrorhamphus grisescus. Common in flocks. Eremetes fasciatus. Commons in flocks. Mycticorax mycticorax. One or two. J wary. Abroa herodias. Two or three. ♀ Melospiza cinerea and young Iturnella magna were seen. 3841 Tegialeus semipalmatus ♀ Alameda, Cal.; July 13, 1909; C.A.S. No.