BANCROFT, Griffing Jr.
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BANCROFT, Griffing Jr. (1907-1999)[SS#550-03-0995], San Diego-born grandson of California historian Hubert Howe Bancroft and son of Griffing Bancroft who, like his father, took an interest in ornithology.
He collected a set of bald eagle eggs on San Clemente Island in 1922. Later in life, he published two articles in the ornithological journal, Auk.
In 1932 Bancroft authored The Flight of the Least Petrel. In 1941 Bancroft donated his collection of 30,000 birds' eggs to the American Museum of Natural History.
Griffing Bancroft, Jr. died in Fort Myers, Florida on February 5, 1999.
Bancroft collected on:
CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS
- SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND (1922)
BAJA CALIFORNIA ISLANDS
- ISLAS CORONADOS (1921, 1922)
Island Collections~
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Clemente Island | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | March 8, 1922 | WFVZ-8719 | Carpodacus mexicanus | Eggs |
| San Clemente Island | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | March 8, 1922 | WFVZ-8720 | Carpodacus mexicanus | Eggs |
| San Clemente Island | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | March 9, 1922 | WFVZ-52453 | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Eggs |
ISLAS CORONADOS
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-878 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-879 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-880 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-882 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-39445 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-39446 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-39447 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-39448 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | 39449| Larus occidentalis | Eggs | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-878 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-879 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-880 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-882 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-39445 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-39446 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-39447 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | WFVZ-39448 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | May 1, 1921 | 39449| Larus occidentalis | Eggs | |
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| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | MVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa leucorhoa | Eggs | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | PSM | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. & Nelson K. Carpenter | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. & Nelson K. Carpenter | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. & Nelson K. Carpenter | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. & Nelson K. Carpenter | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. & Nelson K. Carpenter | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds | |
| Islas Coronados | Griffing Bancroft, Jr. & Nelson K. Carpenter | WFVZ | July 18, 1922 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Birds |
