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May 8, 1911.
Alameda, california. (San Leandro Bay, Damon's slough and
San Leandro slough.) Forenoon. Tide high about 9:15.
Sterna forsteri. Common.
Larus philadelphia. One or two. Shot one with
fried head.
Larus californicus. Immature ones in various stages
common. Two or three good sized flocks of twenty or thirty.
Squatarola helvetica. Quite a few; both white and black.
Aegialeus semipalmatus. Half a dozen.
Limosa fedoa. Two.
Numenius hudsonicus. Common.
Creunetes pusillus. Common. Flock of a hundred or
two on flats in Damon's slough. A few here and
there elsewhere.
Pelidna alpina. Two or three.
Tringa lamitata. Eight or ten. One shot was in
worm winter dress.
Macrohamphus griseus. Three or four. Half a dozen.
High-plumaged.
Ardea herodias. Two or three. Nycticorax seen.
Ducks. Flock of six flying.
Agelaius phoeniceus. (?) Common in marsh. Singing.
Melospiza cinerea. A few seen. Shot two males
with very large testes.
Petrochelidon lumifrons. Three or four. South of
the old S.P.C. R.R. line I found them fairly
common in the marsh during the past week.