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88.
Sandpipers. Three or four single birds.
Symphedia semipalmata. One.
Ducks. A few. Probably scarce on account of
continued persecution. One Clangula albesla and
several Sharp Ducks recognized, also one scoter.
Cormorants. Two or three large flocks flying
about; one or two in V-formation. Probably Phalacrocorax
auritus.
Melospiza cinerea, Cerchneis sparveria (?).
December 27, 1909.
Alameda to San Francisco, California.
Yesterday I saw several Dendroeca auduboni? (they
did not have yellow throats) in the fruit trees
about our house.
This morning, about 7:15, a dozen or so
gulls passed over going in a northwesterly
direction. They seem to pass over the town
a great deal at this time of year.
Along the bay this morning I saw a few
small flocks of ducks, all distant.
On the bay numbers of Larus glaucusens
followed the steamer across, two riding a
considerable distance on the after flag poles.
The birds which flew about the vessel were
in various stages. One had but one leg.
Two or three Larus californicus, adult, and
three or four smaller gulls, apparently Larus
canus were seen astern of the steamer.
J