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on San Francisco side.
This morning I saw a Melospiza cimerea
on front lawn.
April 23, 1911.
Alameda, Calif. (San Leandro Bay and south shore).
Larus californicus. Several immature ones in San
Leandro Bay.
Larus philadelphia. Quite a few, mostly black-
headed; flying and on mud and sand along
Channel at low tide.
Sterna forsteri (?). Saw one; heard others.
Shore birds. A few Common on mud and
also flying, particularly along south shore.
Macrorhamphus griseus. Common in red plumage.
Sandpipers. Several small flocks.
Cormorants. Several small companies of
Phalacrocorax auritus, mostly with cream-
colored breasts.
April 25, 1911.
Every evening I have seen several large flocks
of shore birds (evidently Numenius hudsonicus)
flying eastward over Alameda. I have been
at High Street each time they were seen.
On the bay this evening five adult Larus
californicus were common on the San Francisco
side.
April 27, 1911.
Alameda to San Francisco, California.
This morning there was a strong southwest