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4042 Clangula clangula ♂ Alameda, Cal.; Feb. 25, 1910.
4043 " ♀
4044 Fuligula marila ♂
4045 " ♀
February 28, 1910.
Drove through the deep slough from San Leandro
Bay to the south shore of Bay Farm Island this
afternoon. Birds were common in San Leandro Bay;
a good many were seen in the marshes; while off
the south shore of Bay Farm Island there were
comparatively few birds, a number of ducks being
seen in the distance on the water offshore. One
loon flew by while driving on the south shore of Bay Farm
Island.
Terns. A few small ones. Grets. One small one.
Gulls. Several large ones.
Sandpipers. A flock of about twenty flew by
while we were in San Leandro Bay.
Ardea herodias. One or two.
Ducks. Common. While coming through the
south end of the slough three or four flocks passed
over southbound. Aristonetta valisineria, several.
Scaup Ducks, several. Clangula clangula, common,
mottledrakes. Oedemia perspicillata, two or three.
Oedemia deglandi; ♂ one or two.
Phalacrocorax auritus. Common. Two or three
large flocks. Not all of the individuals are blacks,
some being having large light-colored patches on breast.