Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences

<p>This volume contains a collection of scholarly papers presented before the California Academy of Sciences. Reflecting the broad scope of the Academy's interests the proceedings cover a range of topics within the natural sciences including zoology botany geology and paleontology. These articles offer insights into the scientific understanding of the early 20th century detailing observations experiments and analyses conducted by leading researchers of the time. The Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences serves as a valuable historical record of scientific inquiry and discovery.</p>This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.