This evening there was a strong southeast wind blowing, and the gulls in following the steamer head right into the wind going side- ways a little as they kept up with the steamer which was probably twenty degrees off the wind. January 27, 1911. Alameda to San Francisco, California. Southeast wind; rainy; rather cold. Between Webster and Fifth Street Stations this morning I saw two flocks of ducks on the water offshore. Along the seawall and mole there were very few ducks on the water, only two Oedemia diglandi being recognized. Several gulls, some distinguished as Larus glaucescens and Larus californicus were seen. There were a good many gulls on the burnt cross-beams near the western end of the pier. I saw one Phalacrocorax auritus fly from the water to the top of some piling, putting his feet down and spreading his toes and tail just as he was about to alight. On the Bay I saw two loons proceeding northwest singly and a flock of ducks heading in the same direction, all high in the air. Larus glaucescens in large numbers, several Larus californicus, adult and immature; three or four immature Larus argentatus; and one fine adult Larus oc-