wind blowing. Along the seawall and mole I saw a few ducks, and this evening I saw one close enough to identify it as an Odemia perspicillata. Near the seaward end of the mole there were a number of immature Larus californicus on the water. On the marsh west of First Street I saw quite a number of Hudsonian Curlew (Numenius hudsonicus) and on the mud in the light there were two or three good-sized flocks of sandpipers. I rode inside the ferry boat upstairs. On the way over I saw several Larus californicus and near the San Francisco side a good sized flock of adults on the water. One or two bathing by flapping wings in water and, ducking heads. May 1, 1911. Alameda, Cal. (Around Bay Farm Island.) Warm; more or less overcast; S W wind, not heavy. For several days past I have noted flocks of shore birds flying over town; in most cases they appeared to be Macrorhamphus griseus. Usually calling. Sterna forsteri. A good many seen flying diving, sitting on rocks and stakes. Calling.