were seen flying swiftly high overhead. Along the beach from Monterey to above Seaside there were no shore birds whatever. Occasional gulls (Larus occidentalis and Larus heermanni) were met with and in a couple of places quite a congregation of both species. All were very wild and would not allow one to approach within shotgun range. In a small lagoon just inside the beach near Seaside there was one Phalaropus hyperboreus on the water and six or eight Limonites minutilla. In the sand hills here I saw three or four Pipilo maculatus. On the shores of large lagoon, evidently, freshwater there were several Oxycoccus vociferus and a few small sandpipers. In the lake at Del Monte there were a number of Fúrbica americana. Near Del Monte I saw a Melanerpes formicivorus flying among the trees. Saw one or two Loxornis migrans close to shore as usual. August 26, 1911. Carmel to Moss, Calif. (via Monterey and Castroville.) While on the stage between Carmel and Monterey I saw the munal Junco hyemalis and Aphelocoma californica. On the train near Castroville I noted a hawk which looked to be Buteo borealis. I see large hawks quite often but am never sure of the species. On the way out from Castroville to Moss I saw— several Zenaidura carolinensis flying. In the fields and