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which was published in 1881 as Bulletin No. 22 of the National Museum, and 
many were the drives and tramps we took together in search of data for the 
forthcoming list of plants. 
MEET DR. COOPER IN CALIFORNIA 
Dr. Merriam and I chancing to meet in San Francisco in September, 1888, 
we called upon Dr. J. G. Cooper, then practising medicine in Haywards, 
Alameda County. We found him still hale and hearty, and, although he had 
long ceased to busy himself actively in the study of birds, he still retained 
much interest in the subject, and gave us many interesting details of his work 
done in former years. 
BECOME EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST 
The Anthropological Society of Washington was organized February 17, 
1879, and in 1888 began to publish as its organ ‘‘The American Anthropologist’’ 
under the supervision of an editorial Committee of which I was one. In July, 
1889, I became editor of the quarterly, and so remained till July, 1893. The 
journal has had a very prosperous career, has increased greatly in size, and has 
exercised a wide and important influence within its domain. 
EH. LORQUIN AND FERDINAND GRUBER 
‘It may be of interest to some of the present generation to recall the names 
of two men, long identified with San Francisco, who, although not professed 
ornithologists, were well known as contributors of specimens to the science. 
Mr. E. Lorquin kept a bird store and taxidermist’s place near Market Street, 
and on my visits to the city I used to eall at his place and examine his stock 
with a view to detecting any rarities that might have fallen into his hands. 
Ferdinand Gruber also kept a taxidermist’s place down town, and had 
charge of the Woodward Zoological Gardens, which, with its live birds and 
mammals, formed an interesting place to visit, and was a not unworthy fore- 
runner of the present day ‘‘Zoo’’ of which, indeed, it formed the basis. A 
small admission fee was charged, and it was very well patronized. Though not 
possessed of very exact or extensive ornithological knowledge, Mr. Gruber was 
enthusiastic on the subject of birds, and ready to impart any information he 
was possessed of. I remember he gave me a very fine skin of the Baird’s Cor- 
morant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus respendens), which up to that time I had not 
seen alive, but which subsequently I found to be common among the Santa 
Barbara Islands, and also along the coast. He died August 2, 1907, and at the 
time of his death was Curator of the Golden Gate Park Museum. 
MEET MR. D. S. BRYANT AND WALTER BRYANT 
Early in my visits to San Francisco, the exact year I cannot recall, I met 
Mr. D. S. Bryant, then a commission merchant of the city. He had made an 
excellent collection of mounted birds, and when, on his cordial invitation, | 
went to his house to see them I met his son, Walter E. Bryant, then a school 
boy, who already had begun to collect birds and birds’ eggs, and to display 
the tastes which led him to become a naturalist. Later we did some collecting 
together at a place, near Oakland, called Stege’s, and we also arranged an 
exchange of bird skins. The acquaintance with the family thus begun was con- 
tinued for many years or until death claimed both father and son. 
CALIFORNIA BIRD LIFE IN THE EIGHTIES 
Though I did very little collecting during my visits to California in the 
