January 24, 1911. Alameda to San Francisco, Cal. Overcast; rainy; rather cold. After deck of ferry boat both ways. Along the seawall and the mole I saw a few ducks, one of which was close enough to be rec- ognized as an Oedemia deglandi, as he flew up. Two or three gulls were seen flying. On the piles at the mole were half a dozen young Larus glaucescens. On crossing the Bay I saw our distant duck in flight. Gulls followed the steamer all the way over, becoming common on the last half of the trip. Larus glaucescens, immature, predominated with two or three adults, and two or three adult Larus californicus in winter plumage and one in immature plumage. A number of gulls left a passing east-bound steamer to follow ours. This evening the Larus glaucescens, immature, followed the steamer, an occasional adult benig seen. One immature Larus argentatus with the blue of the mantle just appearing passed by. Two young Larus glaucescens rode over on the after flagstaffs this morning. January 25, 1911. Alameda to San Francisco, Cal. Overcast; southerly winds; rainy. After deck of ferry boat both ways. Along the seawall I saw a few ducks on the water at a distance. Along the mole I saw no ducks, save two or three distant ones flying, one of which was close