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Papers . . . v. I, pt. 1-2. San Francisco, 1887. 4. 



pt. 2 contains : A history of the College of California, by S. H. Willey. 



(Also issued separately.) 



Identification of Sir Francis Drake's anchorage on the coast of Cal- 

 ifornia in the year 1579. By G. Davidson. San Francisco, 1890. 4. 

 George Bancroft and his services to California. By T. H. Hittell. San 

 Francisco, 1893. 



Cooper Ornithological Club of California. 



Address. Office of The Condor: 871 N. Lake Avenue, Pasadena, Cal. 

 History. Founded in 1893 at San Jose, Cal. Has two separately organ- 

 ized divisions, the Northern and the Southern . 



Object. Study of birds and bird-life of western North America and the diffusion of 

 knowledge thus gained. 



Meetings. Bi-monthly, the northern division in towns near San Francisco, Cal., 

 and the southern division at or near Los Angeles, Cal. Annual meeting in Jan. 



Membership. 229 active (annual dues, $2) ; 2 honorary. 

 Publications. 



The CONDOR; a magazine of western ornithology, v. I-VIII, 1899-1906. 

 Santa Clara, Cal. [etc.], 1899- [1906]. 4. bi-m. 



v. i has title : Bulletin of the Cooper ornithological club of California. Sub- 

 title varies in v. 2-8. 



Price: $1.50 per annum in countries of North America, $1.75 in other 

 countries of the Postal Union; single numbers, 3oc. v. i, o. p.; v. 2-3, 



$3 ; v. 4, $2. 



Pacific coast avifauna, no. 1-4. Santa Clara, Cal., 1900-02 ; Los Ange- 

 les, 1904. 4. 



Contents: no. i. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound region, Alaska. By J. Grin- 

 nell. 1900. no. 2. List of the land-birds of Santa Cruz County, Cal. By 

 R. C. MacGregor. 1901. no. 3. Check-list of California birds. By J. 

 Grinnell. 1902. no. 4. Birds of the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona. By 

 H. S. Swarth. 1904. 



Price: $2 for the 4 numbers. 



Distribution. Exchange limited. On sale by the business manager, H. T. Clifton, 

 Box 404, Pasadena, Cal. 



Historical Society of Southern California. 

 Address. Room 39, Court House, Los Angeles, Cal. Secretary: James 



M. Guinn, 5539 Monte Vista Street. 

 History. Organized Nov. i, 1883; incorporated Feb. 13, 1891. 



Ref.: Two decades of local history. By J. M. Guinn. (In Annual publication, 

 1903, p. 40.) 



