THE WEST-AMEKICAN SCIENTIST. 



The West-American Scientist 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY 

 Especially devoted to the Pacific Coast. 



Subscription 50c. per annum in advance 

 Foreign Countries 75c. 



F(f|?LIBIIK» BY 



C. R. ORCUTT, 



SAN DIEGO. CAL. 



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SAN DIEGO, CAL., JANUARY, 1885. 



Our first issue having met with 

 due appreciation, both at home 

 and abroad, we venture to hope 

 that at no far distant day we may 

 permanently enlarge its size, that 

 it may be established upon a good 

 financial basis, and may become 

 the recognized journal of record 

 and review of the West. As the 

 official organ of the San Diego 

 Society of Natural History, and 

 the medium for recording the work 

 performed in the publisher's pri- 

 vate laboratory of organic natural 

 history, and with the assurance 

 of contributions from various 

 working scientists, we trust that 

 it may be found of value to many. 

 We would ask all to not only sub- 

 scribe, but to contribute to its col- 

 umns as they may have opportu- 

 nity, and we will endeavor to an- 

 swer or will call attention to the 

 inquiries received and try to make 

 the journal of the greatest value 

 to the greatest number. We would 

 call the attention of new subscri- 

 bers to the fact that the size of 

 this paper is at least four-page — 

 butwe reserve the privilege of en- 



larging any number at pleasure 

 (according to our "copy" and pat- 

 ronage). 



BOOKS AND PAPERS. 



The list of plants, etc., still "in 

 press." 



Editors are respectfully invited 

 to exchange. 



We would ask publishers and 

 authors to send us their publica- 

 tions, especially those referring in 

 a general or special way to the in- 

 terests of the Pacific coast, and 

 we will make it an object for them 

 to do so. 



We are requested to state that 

 sample copies of The Young Min- 

 eralogist and Antiquarian will be 

 furnished by the publisher, T. H. 

 Wise, Wheaton, 111., at 8 cents 

 each. 



Journal of Mycology: A new, 

 monthly journal devoted exclu- 

 sively to fungi, edited by J. B. El- 

 lis and W. A. Kellerman, Manhat- 

 tan, Kansas. 



Ornithologist and Oologist: A 

 monthly magazine devoted to birds 

 nests and eggs ; published in first- 

 class style by Frank B. Webster, 

 Pawtucket, R. I., at $1.00 per an- 

 num. 



The Young Oologist: An ama- 

 teur paper devoted to nests and 

 eggs and published monthly in 

 good shape, by Frank H. Lattin, 

 Gaines, N. Y., at 60 cents per an- 

 num. 



Random Notes on Natural His- 

 tory: A neat fifty-cent monthly, 

 published by South wick & Jencks, 

 Providence, R. I. 



