THE 



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A Popular Review and Record for the Pacific Coast. 



Official Organ of the San Diego Society 



of Natural History, 



C. R. ORCUTT. 



Editor. 



CONTENTS: 



Cape Region of Lower California > L. Belding 93 



Reptiles of the Cape Region L. Belding 97 



A Munificent Gift loo 



Edison's Phonograph 100 



Her Photograph Bessie Chandler loi 



Hydration of Wood 102 



Necrology. 102 



Correspondence 103 



Proceedings of Societies 104 



Editorial 107 



Notes and News 108 



Literature 109 



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