74. Ardea herodias. One or two along rocky shore. Ducks. When near Point Sur in the evening a flock of about 15 ducks passed over going north. They all appeared to be Dafila acuta with the exception of a teal. Cormorants. As usual. Hawks. Quite a few Cerchneis sparveria. One or two [Circus hudsonius] [illegible] dark-colored hawks with white rump band, and other large hawks. Zonotrichia leucophrys, Sayornis nigricans, as usual. September 22, 1911. Point Sur, California. The afternoon proved to fine and sunny with the sea almost like glass. The usual cormorants were seen from the heights, but there appeared to be no shearwaters moving whatever. September 23, 1911. Point Sur to Monterey, California. Started about 7 a. m. and walked from the light station to the schoolhouse on the stage road. In the lower grassy country on the east side of the sandflat, I saw a good-sized flock of Sturnella magna, three or four Oxycichus vociferus, two or three small flocks of Otocorys alpestris, one Sayornis migrans, and several Zonotrichia leucophrys. I heard this last bird singing. After getting into the rocky canyon higher up above the dairy, I saw two or three Sayornis sayas, lone Zenaida carolinensis, and occasional Cerchneis sparveria. At the schoolhouse about 9 a.m., I noted one or two Sayornis migrans on the fence posts. While I was waiting for the stage a flock of seven Stithia mexicana