The 'Wed American Scientist. 



The West American Scientist 



<2-=:=s^ESTABLISHED 1884 >^^^=-® 



gHARLES RUSSELL ORISDTT, Editor. San Diego, galifornia. 



Associate Editors: — Prof. Josiah Keep, Mills College, Cal.; W. R. Lighten, San Diego, Cal.; 

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THE OFF CIAL ORGAN OF THE SAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



An ilhistrated monthly magazine, devoted to the recording of original 

 investigations and thought and the popularizing of the natural sf'ieuces. 

 Eminent American scientists are contributors, among whom are Drs. C. C. 

 Parry, Geo. Vasey, L. G. Yates, R. E. C. Stearns, Professors Josiah Keep, 

 E. L. Greene, Carl C. Marshall, Messrs. L. Beldiug, M. Lopatecki, Geo. F. 

 Kunz, Mrs. Rosa S. Eigenmaun, L. M. Smith, 'E. E.', and many others. 



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