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of this coast. His reports were published in St. 

 Petersburg, from 1847 onward. 



MoRCH, Otto A. L., 1828-1878. Part of his 

 writings, on the V crnietidcz^ were published in Lon- 

 don in 1861. 



Morse, Prof. Edward S. A distinguished 

 Eastern writer upon Zoology. He was born in 

 Maine, in 1838. 



Newcomb, Dr. Wesley, (Newc.), 1808-1892. 

 An American naturalist and collector of one of the 

 finest cabinets of shells in the country. It is now 

 at Cornell University. He once lived and explored 

 in the Hawaiian Islands and in California. 



NuTTALL, Prof. Thos., (Nutt.), 1786-1859. 

 His birth and death both occurred in England, but 

 he spent most of his life in America, being Professor 

 of Natural History in Harvard College from 1822 

 to 1834. Many shells were named for him by his 

 contemporary, Timothy A. Conrad. 



Oldroyd, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Noted concholog- 

 ical collectors and students, living at Long Beach, 

 Cal. Their beautiful collection of shells will be 

 permanently located in Los Angeles. 



Orcutt, Chas. R. a naturalist and writer, who 

 has studied extensively in the vicinity of San Diego 

 and northern Mexico. 



Pfeiffer, Louis, (Pfr.). A German concholo- 

 gist of note, author of numerous works published 

 from 1847 onward. 



Phi LIP PI, R. A., 1808-1904. Another German 

 naturalist, w^ho lived to a great age. 



