49. Squatarola helvetica. A few Wild. Birds with white bellies and birds with black bellies were both observed. Shot one on transition, although probably all of those that appeared dark in flight were in similar plumage. Aegialitis nivosa. Fairly common on beach, chiefly adults. Got one downy young one with wing quills just starting. This bird gave me a very lively chase and I finally had to shoot it. Adults molting. Aegialeus semipalmatus. Noted two or three on mud of river near town, also a few sandpipers and larger shore birds. Calidris arenaria. One or two singly. A flock of thirty or so which were very wild. I was much interested to see them follow the retreating waves and also run before them. They ran and wheeled in unison just like a company of soldiers. Symphemia semipalmata. Common. In both large and small flocks. Feeding along ocean beach. Limosa fedoa. One or two with the last species. Tringa canutus. A flock of about a dozen came wheeling by. Two birds taken appear to be young. Ardea herodias. Quite a number near mouth of river. Each one seemed to occupy a separate sand dune, so that in looking over the landscape each dune seemed to have a stake in it. Pelecanus californicus. One flying. August 27, 1911. Carmel, California. At beach this evening I saw an adult Larus occidentalis on a rock offshore. Saw two Pelecanus californicus flying.