6 Bulletin Santa Barbara Society of Natural History. Vol. I. 



but only members of the Society can draw the books 

 from the rooms. 



We are offered several valuable collections for our 

 museum, either as a loan or donation, as soon as suita- 

 ble wall space and cases are provided. 



Parties are now negotiating for the Jewett collection 

 of marine and fresh water moluscs now in possession 

 of Mrs. A. A. Boyce, with a view to its being trans- 

 ferred to a suitable place for exhibition and study. It 

 is a matter of regret that it cannot remain in the city 

 where its distinguished collector died, and where his 

 daughter the present owner resides. It was hoped that 

 some friends of our society would donate the requisite 

 funds for its purchase as an exceedingly valuable addi- 

 tion to our museum. 



Since the publication of our first Bulletin a number 

 of important papers have been read at our meetings, 

 and their accumulation is such, that a committee has 

 been appointed to select the most valuable for issue in 

 a second volume. 



The meager funds in our treasury do not warrant 

 the incursion of the necessary expense attending its 

 publication without calling upon friends of the Society 

 outside of its membership. The committee has met 

 with such encouragement, that enables us to say that 

 there is a probability of its issue early in the new year. 

 Should this be accomplished the Society will be en- 

 abled to make exchanges for the valuable transactions 

 of sister scientific organizations throughout the world. 



During the past year our membership has increased, 

 but we have lost by removal, the valued association 

 and council of several who have been with us since 

 the Society's birth. There are still many students of 

 nature in our midst who are not working with us. I 

 would suggest that increased effort be made to add to 

 our numbers. 



Our young fellow member Clark P. Streator after 

 making manv extensive ornithological collections in 

 Jamaica, and other West India Islands, has during 

 the last year been collecting in British Columbia, in- 



