NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



TTTHILE, in the preparation of this work, I have 

 ' ' met with universal kindness from the ever- 

 hospitable Californians, my especial thanks are due 

 to members of the Cooper Club and to Dr. David Starr 

 Jordan, of Leland Stanford University, for many cour- 

 tesies extended and kindly encouragement given. For 

 advice and assistance I am also indebted to Mr. Chas. 

 F. Lummis, Mr. Leverett M. Loomis, Mr. John Muir, 

 Mr. Joseph Grinnell, Mr. H. R. Taylor, and the late 

 Chester A. Barlow. But it is to my fellow-student 

 and co-laborer, my husband, Mr. Harry B. Wheelock, 

 that I owe most. With untiring patience he has 

 read manuscript, checked lists, and corrected errors, 

 thereby making it possible for me to go on in the 

 face of many obstacles. 



I. G. ^Y. 



