The "West American Scientist. 



The West American Scientist 



>ESTABLISHED \QQA..o-^^^^ 



efiiRLES RUSSELL ORgUTT, Editor. ~ - San Diego, galiforma. 



Associate EdUors :—Vvot. Josiah Keep, Mills College, Cal.; W. R. L'ghton, San Diego, Cal. 

 R. B. Trouslet, Valparaiso, Ind.; Wm. E. Ley, 423 Clay St., San Francisco, Cal. 



THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



Au illustrated monthly magazine, devoted to the recording of original 

 Investigations and thought and the popularizing of the natural sciences. 

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

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

 E. L. Greene, Cari C. Marshall, Messrs. L. Belding, M. Lopatecki, Geo. F. 

 Kunz, Mrs. Kosa S. Eigenmann, L M. Smith, 'E. E.', and many others. 



Its circulation in San Diego County is doubtless not greatly exceeded by 

 any publication, while bona fide subscribers reside in nearly every State and 

 Territory in the Union and in various foreign countries. 



It is the first and only purely scientific journal recognized west of the 

 "Eocky Mountains. 



It was the first magazine issued from San Diego — a city of 25,000 inhab- 

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