34 Andrew Fackson Grayson. [ZOE 
echinatus proves to be C. tribuloides, a commoner but hardly less 
obnoxious species. Petunia parviflora extends considerably further 
north than is indicated on page 302, orin the Floras. There are 
specimens in the Herbarium of the California Academy of Sciences, 
collected twenty years ago at Oakland by Kellogg and Bolander, as 
well as many others from Santa Barbara up. It has also been col- 
lected at Sacramento by Prof. Greene. 
ERRATA.—Page 7, for ‘‘every collection’’ read ‘‘ early collec- 
tions’’; p. 8, for “Foreign Plants’’ read “ Forage Plants’’; p. 
57, for ‘‘series’’ read ‘‘species”; p. 122, for ‘‘Warren’’ read 
‘““Waren”’; p. 124, for “‘horned’’ read ‘“‘horrid’’; p. 205, line 6, 
for “‘same’’ read “some’’; p. 206, for ‘‘accidental’’ read “occi- — 
dental.”’ 
ANDREW JACKSON GRAYSON. 
BY WALTER E. BRYANT. 
Between the years 1846 and 1869 there dwelt upon the Pacific 
Coast a naturalist and artist of so great attainment that he became 
rightly known as the “ Audubon of the Pacific.’ Under congenial 
conditions in this State the latent genius, which had been suppressed 
in childhood, burst forth in beautiful masterpieces of pen and brush 
and found its highest development amidst domestic happiness under 
the tropical sun of western Mexico. During the few years allotted 
for him to pursue the cherished plans of his life, he built for himself 
a lasting monument more exquisite than pen can describe, more 
wonderful than this country has known since the days of Audubon > 
and grander than any that sculptor could have chiseled to be unveiled | 
by appreciative friends and scientists. | : 
It has been my privilege to study and admire the many water- 
colored plates of birds made by Colonel A. J. Grayson and to 
be called upon to edit the unpublished manuscripts in the posses- 
sion of his life-partner and helpmeet, now the wife of Dr. G. B. 
Crane of St. Helena, California; to briefly sketch the life and 
scientific career—for much has already been published—and to 
present to the present generation an account of the most illus- 
trious ornithologist who has lived amongst us. . 
Grayson has been too little kno 
sometimes wrongly known. 
wn, or what is more deplorable, — 
Errors and misinformation have ap- 
