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LORQUINIA 
question of a publication was first openly mentioned by E. K. Hadley. 
At the July meeting a publication committee was appointed, pending 
certain constitutional amendments. The publication committee took 
things in its own hands and decided to issue the first number of Lor- 
quinia in August, 191 6, to commemorate the third birthday of the 
club. At the August meeting the club voted the necessary appropria- 
tion and the publication was already prepared to go to press. Lor- 
quinia made its first appearance a day before it was due, the follow- 
ing week. 
The Lorquin Natural History Club is now composed of twenty ac- 
tive members and an unlimited number of associate members. There 
are special meetings for the associate members, who meet once a month 
in the lecture room of the Los Angeles Public Library, where they hear 
instructive lectures by specialists in various lines and receive help from 
each other in collecting and classifying various specimens. Field trips 
will be arranged often. 
Regular meetings are still held on the first Friday evening of each 
month at the homes of members and friends of the club. It is at the 
regular meetings that the active members manage the business and af- 
fairs of the club. A limited number of associate members that apply 
beforehand to the Secretary or some other active member are given in- 
vitations to attend the regular meetings, so they may keep in touch 
with the internal operation of the club business and aid with sugges- 
tions and advice. 
Among the active members there are now left only four of the 
original charter members. Many of the present members have joined 
during the last year and include in their lines some of the best special- 
i.-its that may be found in Southern California. The extraordinary ac- 
tivity and growth of the Lorquin Natural History Clnb is due to the 
enthusiasm, co-operation and loyalty of the active members, who, by 
process of elimination, now form the nucleus of a "Greater" Lorquin 
Natural History Club. Truly, "The old order changeth, giving place 
to new." 
DESERT REPTILES 
During June of this year, on an automobile trip through some re- 
mote parts of the great Colorado Desert, R. Lyttle collected some 
beautiful and interesting desert lizards, which he brought alive to Los 
Angeles. The following comprised the catch: 
One Clark's Swift, Sceloporus clarkii (Baird & Girard). Found 
