4. February 15, 1910. Alameda, California. I saw three or four Dendroica auduboni about the place to-day. Two I saw were busily engaged in examining a rose bush. During the day I saw several flocks of ducks fly out towards the bay. They flew very high and were probably driven out by hunters. February 16, 1910. Alameda, California. To-day, while sitting in the back yard, I saw a Dendroica auduboni catching insects; it made short dashes, returning each time to the limbs of a tree a fig tree and a cherry tree close beside it. Shortly after noon I walked down to the beach at the foot of our street. It was a very low tide, and aside from one or two gulls, and some distant ducks in the water, I saw one great Ardea herodias standing in the water near the old drawbridge. February 17, 1910. When it was low tide early this afternoon, I strolled down to the foot of Briggs Avenue, Alameda, California. Out in the narrow Channel were a couple of Ardea herodias fishing and a large number of ducks in the water along the edges of the Channel. The ducks were much more abundant than usual, probably because they are now unmolested.