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LEVITON, WOGAN, & ALDRICH: SCIENTIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1854-2010 
Proceedings appear to be part of a signature that 
includes pages 55-58, the first page of which is dated 
May 1855 but which includes presentations at the 
Academy meeting held on 4 June (in error shown as 
June 4, 1854); pages 55-58 are followed by p. 59, which 
is dated July 1855. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (p. 58) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition, ” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[206] Ayres, William Orville. 1873. [Remarks on the skull 
of a sea lion from the Farallon Islands], Proceedings of 
the California Academy of Natural Sciences, 2nd ed. 
[reprint of 1st ed.], ser. 1, l(l[December]):61-62. 
(Remarks presented at the Academy meeting held on 25 
June; pages 60-61 of the PCANS for 1855 were printed 
sometime in July 1855. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (p. 61-62) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition, ” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[207] Ayres, William Orville. 1873. [A new scomberoid 
fish]. Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural 
Sciences, 2nd ed. [reprint of 1st ed.], ser. 1, 1(1 [Decem¬ 
ber])^. 
(Remarks presented at the Academy meeting held on 2 
July; pages 62-63 of the PCANS for 1855 were printed 
sometime in July 1855. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (p. 64) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition, ” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[208] Ayres, William Orville. 1873. [Description of a new 
species of whiting]. Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Natural Sciences, 2nd ed. [reprint of 1st 
ed.], ser. 1, l(l[December]):65-66. 
(Remarks presented at the Academy meeting held on 16 
July; page 64 of the PCANS for 1855 were printed 
sometime in August 1855. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (p. 65-66) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition, ” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[209] Ayres, William Orville. 1873. [Description of a fish 
representing a type, entirely new to our waters]. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural 
Sciences, 2nd ed. [reprint of 1st ed.], ser. 1, 1(1 [Decem¬ 
ber])^. 
(Remarks presented at the Academy meeting held on 6 
August 1855 and pages 66-67 of the PCANS for 1855 
were printed sometime in August and/or September. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (p. 69) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition, ” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[210] Ayres, William Orville. 1873. [Remarks on the 
Echinodermata of the coast of California], Proceedings 
of the California Academy of Natural Sciences, 2nd ed. 
[reprint of 1st ed.], ser. 1, l(l[December]):71-72. 
(Remarks presented at the Academy meeting held on 13 
August; the signature containing p. 68 of PCANS for 
1855 was printed sometime in September. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (p. 71-72) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition, ” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[211] Ayres, William Orville. 1873. [On a new species of 
cramp fish, Torpedo ]. Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Natural Sciences, 2nd ed. [reprint of 1st 
ed.], ser. 1, l(l[December]):74-75. 
(Remarks presented at the Academy meeting held on 10 
September; pages 70-71 of PCANS for 1855 were print¬ 
ed sometime in September. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (p. 74-75) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition, ” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[212] Ayres, William Orville. 1873. [Comments on some 
fish referred to the genera Hemilepidotus or Scorpaen- 
ichthys, with description of a new genus and species]. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sci¬ 
ences, 2nd ed. [reprint of 1st ed.], ser. 1, l(l[Decem- 
ber]):75-77. 
(Remarks presented at the Academy meeting held on 24 
December 1855; pages 75-77 were published in the 
1855 PCANS by year’s end on 31 December. 
The article was reprinted in 1873 (pp. 81-82) in what has 
become known as the “Second edition, ” in which the 
original text was reset so that there is some discrepancy 
in pagination with the original publication (see com¬ 
ments by R.E.C Steams, 1873, Prefatory Note to This 
Editon. PCAS, 2nd ed., 1:[unnumbered p. 1]).) 
[213] Ayres, William Orville. 1873. [Remarks on and 
description of a shark of a new generic type]. Proceed¬ 
ings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences, 2nd 
ed. [reprint of 1st ed.], ser. 1, l(l[December]):76-77. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 8 
October 1855; pages 72-73 of PCANS for 1855 were 
