Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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Aristonetta valisineria. Common Fuligula marila. Shot one. I presume that the numerous Scaup Ducks seen were probably both of this species and Fuligula affinis. Males were in the preponderance. blangula blangula. Common. Shot one drake. Oedemia deglandi. Commonest outside. Oedemia perspicillata. Commonest outside. Erismatura jamaicensis. Two in slough. Ducks were numerous, occurring in flocks of all sizes, and singly. In the afternoon when the tide went out large numbers of Scaup Ducks and Canvasbacks were feeding in the shallow water along the mud flats in San Leandro Bay. Cerchnis sparveria. One in marsh. Circus hudsonius. One in marsh, blue above, white below. Accipitrinus. Shot one in marsh. Lanius ludovicianus. One on south shore of Bay Farm Island. Geothlypis trichas. One in marsh. Melospiza cinerea. I saw lots of finches in marsh and presume they were of this species. Cormorants. Common, singly and in flocks. Probably Phalacrocorax auritus. 4022; Fuligula marila & Alameda, Cal.; Feb. 21, 1910. Crab in gullet. Iris yellow. 4023; Oedemia perspicillata & Alameda, Cal.; Feb. 21, 1910. Beginning to assume black plumage. From sexual organs, a young male. Iris nearly white.