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high plumage, except one or two Anas boschas drabae which
were nearly so. The following species were seen:
Anas boschas, Chaulelennus streperus, Mareca americana, Dafila acuta, Apatula slypeata, Fuligula
affinis (?).
November 8, 1909.
When going down the mole this morning I
saw a large number of gulls and sandpipers
on the sand in the light near the roundhouse.
November 9, 1909.
This morning I saw several Larus philadelphia off
the seawall west of Fifth Street Station. Yesterday morning
I saw an Arenaria melanocephala (?) fly up from
the rocks at this place as the tram passed.
November 10, 1909.
This morning when waiting for the train at
High Street Station at 7:30 I saw a flock of about
fifty ducks pass over southward bound. Along
the mole I saw a few small grebes and ducks.
November 21, 1909.
Three or five days ago I first noted Larus
glauciscens. There were a number of them on
the rocks at the mole. At the right stage of
the tide there are usually ten or twelve Ardea
herodias in the light near the roundhouse.
December 2, 1909.
For the last two or three days I have noted immense
flocks of ducks on the water along the mole. A few
sandpipers also seen in light. Grebes? Cormorants?