Loons. Two or three on bay. December 18, 1910. Alameda to Leona, Oakland, California, via High Street. Conditions: Moderate temperature; north wind; clear. The only certainly identified birds were a number of Sturnella magna in the fields along the roads, and one Lanius ludovicianus which I saw light in a tree. A number of Passer domesticus were seen near dwellings; also a large hawk or vulture high up in the air. Saw several unidentified small birds. December 19, 1911. I saw a large number of gulls on the mud pumped up near Lake Merritt, Oakland, California.