This morning several ducks in two and threes passed south and also a flock of about twenty close to San Francisco. This evening a small flock was seen off Goat Island southward bound - apparently they were scoters. February 8, 1911. Alameda to San Francisco, california. clear; frost in the morning. Along the mole I saw one or two grebes and gulls. On the bay I saw a long flock of cormorants flying north. Several small flocks of duck flew by southward bound. Larus glaucusceus, Larus californicus, and Larus argentatus were observed in the usual numbers about the ferry boats. Near San Francisco there were two large flocks of gulls about refuse on the water in front of the ferry slips. February 9, 1911. Alameda to San Francisco, Cal. clear; cold and frosty. Along the seawall and mole I saw a few distant ducks. On the bay Larus glaucusceus, chiefly immatures, followed the steamers very commonly. A number of Larus californicus, mostly adult, and three or four immature and one adult Larus argentatus were also seen about the ferry boat. A flock of four Odemia deglandi swung around the steamer at a good distance heading back to the northward again. Between Goat Island and San Fran-