Editorial 



The illustration forming the frontis-piece, represents the 

 beautiful and extensive Structure, at this time nearly under 

 roof, in the newly christened Exposition Park, the right wing 

 of which has been assigned to this Academy. 



On December 17, 1910, in the presence of about five thou- 

 sand residents of Los Angeles, the Corner Stone was laid by 

 the Grand Master of the Free-Masons of California, with the 

 very impressive ceremonies of the Order. Particulars of that 

 function are given on another page of this Bulletin in the 

 record of the Transactions of the Academy. 



The Directors are particularly gratified in being able, at 

 this early date, to inform our members that immediately upon 

 the completion of that Building, most valuable, interesting, 

 beautiful and, in some respects, unique collections in Geology, 

 Ichtheology, Conchology, P]thnology, Ornithology, Botany, 

 Entomology and Zoology will be speedily placed in position in 

 the large exhibition room, for inspection by the curious and 

 examination by the student. Some of these collections have 

 been purchased, some have been gathered at the expense of 

 the Academy, some have been presented and a few have been 

 loaned. Professor Gilbert has been most assiduous in his labor 

 of cleaning and mounting the fossils from Rancho la Brea, 

 and he reports that he now has enough skeletons to occupy 

 the space of one side of the hall. Among them are two complete 

 giant ground-sloths, several sabre-tooth tigers, a lion, giant 

 wolf, foxes, coyotes, probably a complete mastodon and camel, 

 a turtle, deer, the giant ox; and, of the creatures of the air, 

 numerous skeletons of the giant condor, vultures, hawks, 

 eagles, owls, herons, geese, peacocks and an innumerable quan- 

 tity of creeping, crawling, walking and flying smaller fry, 

 which possessed this region at least two hundred thousands of 

 years ago, and which nature has embalmed and preserved in 

 their air tight graves. 



