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To the Executive Committee of the Pasadena Academy of Sciences: 
I herewith present my report on the birds recorded during the exploration 
among the islands the past spring. Our party left San Pedro on May n, 
and visited in turn Santa Barbara, San Nicolas and San Clemente Islands, return¬ 
ing on June 9. The notes of an earlier trip which I made to the latter island from 
March 26 to April 4, are also included. 
Each of the party of course helped the others in their line when opportunity 
afforded, so that the present Bird Report is not the result exclusively of my own 
efforts. Mr. Horace Gaylord, in particular, obtained many valuable notes on the 
birds. 
Four hundred and fifty birds’ skins and many eggs were collected during 
both trips, and on these, supplemented by full field notes, is based the present 
report. I have considered it more convenient to treat the birds in four separate 
lists—of the land-birds observed on each of the the three islands, and of the 
water birds recorded during the entire trip. 
The nomenclature is that of the A. O. U. Checklist of 1895. 
Respectfully, 
Pasadena, California, August 10, 1897 . 
JOvSEPH GRINNELL. 
