January 28, 1910. During the past week ducks have been abundant on the water south of the mole. One day a flock was close enough to be identified as Scamp Ducks, but I do not know of which species. One or two loons have also been noted. On the beach near the roundhouse, a good-sized flock of sandpipers is occasionally seen. This morning it has been stormy and I have seen about a dozen ducks fly over the east end of Alameda, sometimes singly, sometimes in two or three. I have noticed two or three flocks of blackbirds, apparently Euphagus cyanoccephalus, fly over also. January 26, 1910. The days are now becoming decidedly longer, and whereas gulls are abundant in the morning, only an occasional one is seen in the evening about 5:45, the most of them having apparently gone to roost. Larus glaucus is abundant on the pilings, and a few are seen riding on the hurricane decks of the ferry steamers. February 3, 1910. Near Bay Point, Contra Costa Co., Cal., this morning saw a Botaurus lentiginosus. It was beside a pool in a grassy hollow between the tracks of the S. P. and Santa Fe. It did not fly as the train passed. Between Antioch and Black Diamond, saw two or three Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus in a very large flock of other black birds.