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[[File:PEYTON BROTHERS©.jpg|500px|thumbnail|right|<center>Left: Sidney Burns Peyton, Right: Lawrence Gorham Peyton</center>]]
<span style="color:#006400">'''PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham'''</span> (1890-1985)[SS#553-16-6740] was a Fillmore-born citrus farmer and serious avocational ornithologist who often went birding with his younger brother, Sidney. He was a life member of the Cooper Club. 

Lawrence Peyton made trips to four Channel Islands variously with his brother, Sidney, and fellow ornithologists [[BADGER, Martin Cramton “Bud”|M. C. Badger]],  [[DeGROOT, Dudley S.|Dudley S. DeGroot]], [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]], [[ROWLEY, John Stewart| John S. Rowley]], [[ASHWORTH, Charles William|Charles Ashworth]] and [[THOMPSON, Richard E.|Richard E. Thompson]]. 

Directory of Members, Cooper Ornithological Club, May 1914:
* Lawrence Peyton. Sespe, CA 1909.


L. G. Peyton published four articles in Condor between 1909-1918. 

Peyton died of a heart attack at age 95 in Santa Barbara, California on August 8, 1985. He is buried in Bardsdale Cemetery. His wife predeceased him, and was survived by his son, Harry, and daughter, Doris Guthrie. 

Peyton correspondence (1909-1929) is in the files of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley.
Peyton’s egg collection is located at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology.



Peyton collected at least seven Bald Eagle egg sets on Santa Cruz and Anacapa islands: 
* March 2, 1917 Anacapa [WFVZ-33980] 
* March 3, 1917 Santa Cruz Island [WFVZ-81997] 
* March 4, 1918 Anacapa [PSM-13149] 
* March 9, 1919 Anacapa [PSM-13148] 
* March 7, 1920 Anacapa [PSM-13150] 
* March 7, 1920 Santa Cruz Island [WFVZ-17468] 
* March 11, 1920 Santa Cruz Island [DMNH-16218] 


Peyton collected on:
* [[#ANACAPA ISLAND|ANACAPA ISLAND]] (1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1927, 1928)
* [[#SAN MIGUEL ISLAND|SAN MIGUELISLAND]] (1928)
* [[#SANTA CATALINA ISLAND|SANTA CATALINA ISLAND]] (1929)
* [[#SANTA CRUZ ISLAND|SANTA CRUZ ISLAND]] (1917, 1920, 1928)


'''BAJA CALIFORNIA ISLANDS'''

* [[#ISLA NATIVIDAD|ISLA NATIVIDAD]] (1930)

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=====<span style="color:#006400">Island Collections~</span>=====


===== ANACAPA ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
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| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' 
|-
| Anacapa Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || WFVZ||March 2, 1917||WFVZ-33980|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||Eggs
|-
| Anacapa Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || PSM||March 4, 1918||PSM-13149|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||Eggs
|-
| Anacapa Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || PSM||March 9, 1919||PSM-13148|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||Eggs
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| Anacapa Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || FMNH||May 19, 1919||FMNH-159084|| ''Brachyramphus hypoleucus'' ||Eggs
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| Anacapa Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || PSM||March 7, 1920||PSM-13150|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||Eggs
|-
| Anacapa Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton (?)]] || PSM||March 7, 1920||PSM-10568|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||(Eggs)?
|-
| Anacapa Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || OMNH||March 7, 1920||OMNH-2595|| ''Pelecanus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| Anacapa Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || WFVZ||May 14, 1927||WFVZ-140462|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Anacapa Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || WFVZ||May 14, 1927||WFVZ-32118|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Anacapa Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || WFVZ||May 14, 1927||WFVZ-81349|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| Anacapa Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] & [[DeGROOT, Dudley S.|D. S. DeGroot]] || WFVZ||June 2, 1928||WFVZ-58941|| ''Haematopus bachmani'' ||Eggs
|-
|}


===== SAN MIGUEL ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' 
|-
| San Miguel Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || MVZ||June 2, 1928||MVZ-4569|| '' Phalacrocorax penicillatus'' ||Eggs
|-
| San Miguel Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || ROM||June 2, 1928||ROM-500405|| '' Phalacrocorax penicillatus'' ||Eggs
|-
|}


===== SANTA CATALINA ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' 
|-
| Santa Catalina Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || ROM||May 19, 1929||ROM-503542|| ''Larus occidentalis occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
|}


===== SANTA CRUZ ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' 
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || WFVZ||March 3, 1917||WFVZ-81997|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||Eggs
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || WFVZ||March 7, 1920||WFVZ-17468|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham | L. G. Peyton]] || DMNH||March 11, 1920||DMNH-16218|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||Eggs
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham|L. G. Peyton]] || WFVZ||May 20, 1928||WFVZ-81574|| ''Oceanodroma homochroa'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham|L. G. Peyton]] || WFVZ||June 2, 1928||WFVZ-73963|| ''Oceanodroma homochroa'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham|L. G. Peyton]] || WFVZ||June 2, 1928||WFVZ-81574|| ''Oceanodroma homochroa'' ||Eggs
|-
|}