MILLER, Loye Holmes
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MILLER, Loye Holmes (1874-1970), ornithologist and paleontologist who began his teaching career in 1904 at the Los Angeles State Normal School, which later became the University of California at Los Angeles. Miller visited Santa Cruz Island with his son, Alden, and fellow ornithologist A. J. van Rossem in 1922 when they were looking for Mexican crossbills, which they did not find. Miller counseled emerging naturalists ‘to appreciate biotic and geologic events of the past.’ On July 7-18, 1938, Miller visited San Nicolas Island with fellow scientists, T. D. A. Cockerell (biologist and entomologist), and Harvey Allen (geologist and anthropologist). During their visit Mr. and Mrs. Regie Lamberth were living on the island as managers, with their two children, Jeanne (7) and Dennis (5). Mrs. Lamberth’s brothers, Lawrence and Raymond Foster were there as well. Miller wrote an 8-page manuscript about their trip, taking daily notes.
Directory of Members, Cooper Ornithological Club, May 1914:
- Prof. Loye Holmes Miller. State Normal School, Los Angeles, CA 1905.
Miller died in Yolo County on April 6, 1970.
Miller collected on:
- Anacapa Island (1932)
- San Clemente Island (1904)
- San Miguel Island (1938)
- San Nicolas Island (1929, 1941)
- Santa Barbara Island (1904)
- Santa Cruz Island (1922)
1922. Miller, Loye H. Santa Cruz Island, Aug 18-22, 1922 (unpublished field notes)
University of California, Los Angeles, CA. 
- 1928. Miller, Loye H. Additions to the Faunal List of Anacapa Island The Condor 30(5):325, September-October 1928
- 1929. Miller, Loye H. Channel Ids with J.R.Pemberton (unpublished field notes) November 1929
- 1938 Miller, Loye H. San Nicolas Island Expedition 1938 (unpublished field notes)
- 1972. Johnson, Ned K. Origin and differentiation of the avifauna of the Channel Islands, California The Condor 74(3):295-315, Autumn 1972
- [original in SCIF archives]
- 1993. Pitelka, Frank Alois Academic Family Tree for Loye and Alden Miller The Condor 95(4):1065-1067 July-August 1993
[CAS portrait]
Island Collections~
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Anacapa Island | Loye Miller | MVZ | May 20, 1928 | MVZ-3595 | Pelecanus occidentalis californicus | Birds |
| Anacapa Island | Loye Miller | UCLA | May 14, 1932 | UCLA-40912 | Contopus borealis | Birds |
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Clemente Island | L. H. Miller | UCLA | August 26, 1894 | UCLA-38257 | Phalaropus lobatus | Birds |
| ~ trip ~ | ||||||
| San Clemente Island | Loye Miller | MVZ | March 22, 1904 | MVZ-31219 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa socorroensis | Birds |
| ~ trip ~ | ||||||
| San Clemente Island | Loye Miller | UCLA | March 22, 1904 | UCLA-32214 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Birds |
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Miguel Island | L. H. Miller | MVZ | August 20, 1938 | MVZ-88688 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa socorroensis | Birds |
| San Miguel Island | L. H. Miller | LACM | September 13, 1938 | LACM-021544 | Enhydra lutris nereis | Mammals |
San Nicolas Island 10/30/1929 MVZ birds
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Nicolas Island | Loye H. Miller | MCZ | 1929 [?] | MCZ-37320 | Canis familiaris | Mammals |
| San Nicolas Island | Loye H. Miller | MCZ | 1929 [?] | MCZ-37321 | Enhydra lutris nereis | Mammals |
| San Nicolas Island | Loye H. Miller | MCZ | undated | MCZ-37322 | Urocyon littoralis dickeyi | Mammals |
| San Nicolas Island | Loye H. Miller | UCLA | 1929 [?] | UCLA-15490 | Enhydra lutris nereis | Mammals |
| San Nicolas Island | L. H. Miller | MVZ | October 30, 1929 | MVZ-54485 | Piranga olivacea | Mammals |
| San Nicolas Island | Loye H. Miller | MVZ | July 24, 1941 | MVZ-88689 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa socorroensis | Birds |
| San Nicolas Island | Loye H. Miller | UCLA | July 24, 1941 | UCLA-33668 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa socorroensis | Birds |
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Barbara Island | Loye Miller | MVZ | April 10, 1904 | MVZ-6168 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Birds |
| Santa Barbara Island | Loye Miller | MVZ | April 10, 1904 | MVZ-45944 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Birds |
| Santa Barbara Island | Loye Miller | MVZ | April 11, 1904 | MVZ-6161 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus aleuticus | Birds |
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Cruz Island | Loye Miller | UCLA | August 1, 1922 | UCLA-40461 | Corvus corax | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | Loye Miller | NMNH | August 18, 1922 | USNM-417007 | Apheocoma insularis | Birds |
05/26/1929-32 ||NMNH birds
In the News~
June 26, 1909 [LAT]: “C. B. Linton today chartered the launch Flyer for a four days’ trip to the Channel Islands, leaving Long Beach July 2 and returning July 6. Accompanying Mr. Linton will be fifteen members of the Cooper Ornithological Club of Los Angeles, among them City Clerk Lelande, Deputy City Attorney Howard Robertson, Dr. Otto J. Zahn, L. H. Miller, Alphonse Jay, Dr. Horace A. Gaylord, W. S. McQuilling and Consulting Geologist Ralph Arnold. Polytechnic High School will also have a representative. Scientific research is the main object of the expedition.”
