204 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [P«oc. 4th Ser. 



ELK DISTRIBUTION 



In the fall of 1914 the Academy, with the cooperation of 

 Messrs. Miller and Lux and the Southern Pacific and Santa 

 Fe railroads, undertook to distribute a portion of the Kern 

 County herd of elk to suitable reservations in the State. A 

 total of 54 animals were distributed, as set forth in detail in 

 the Director's report for 1914. In the fall of 1915 this con- 

 servation work was again taken up. Messrs. Miller and Lux 

 again built a large corral on their alfalfa land near Button- 

 willow, in which they succeeded in trapping about 100 elk, 

 mostly females and young, of which 92 were distributed by 

 the Academy in November and December, as follows : 



Thomas Jacob, Visalia, for Mooney Park, near Visalia, 1 



male and 3 females. 

 W. C. Claybaugh, for Fresno City Park, 1 female. 

 A. V. Lisenby, Fresno, for large reservation near Friant, 



1 male and 2 females. 

 P. H. Loinaz, Fresno, for private park near Fresno, 1 male 



and 1 female. 

 John Zapp, Fresno, for piivate park near Fresno, 1 male. 

 Walter L. Chrisman, San Jose, for Alum Rock Park, 2 



males and 2 females. 

 A. T. Hain, Cook, California, for Vancouver Pinnacles 



Reservation, 1 male and 3 females. 

 J. F. Dunne, Gilroy, for a 15,000-acre reservation near San 



Felipe, 1 male and 4 females. 

 P. C. Morrissey, Santa Cruz, for Laveaga Park, Santa 



Cruz, 2 males and 4 females. 

 H. L. Middleton, Boulder Creek, for the California Red- 

 wood Park, 4 females. 

 Park Commissioners, Sacramento, for Del Paso Park, 3 



males and 9 females. 

 Park Commissioners, Petaluma, for City Park, 2 males and 



10 females. 

 Henry D. Nichols, San Francisco, for large reservation at 



Eden Valley, near V\^iilits, Mendocino County, 2 male:? 



and 10 females. 

 Park Commissioners, San Diego, for Balboa Park, 3 males 



and 19 females. 



