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aud Observations" made during that cruise and issued by the Treasury Department. Tlie geo- 

 graphical results of the expedition between the Yukon delta aud the Kuskoquim have appeared, 

 with a map, in the "Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society aud Monthly Record of Geog- 

 raphy" for November, 1882, aud are embodied with other information in the "Report on the Pop 

 ulatiou. Industries, and Resources of Alaska," prepared by Ivan Petroft'for the Census Office. 



A report upon the meteorology of Saint Michaels, and vicinity, made to the Chief Signal 

 Officer, and a series of illustrations and notes contained iu the ofiBcial report of the Corwiu's 

 cruise by Captain Hooper, have also been published. 



The volume devoted to Alaskan ethnology, upon which the author is engaged at present, will 

 complete the series. 



In closing this brief outline of work accomplished I take pleasure in acknowledging my 

 indebtedness for favors received from the Ala.ska Commercial Company and particularly from its 

 offlcers at Saint Michaels, Messrs. Neumann and M. Lorenz. To their genial companionship 

 I owe many pleasant hours during the wearying monotony of life in this i-solated regiou; aud 

 without their kindly assistance it would have been impossible for my work to have been carried 

 on so successfully. The fur traders, one and all, forwarded my work Mith voluntary assistance, 

 and my thanks are particularly due to Messrs. L. N. McQuesten, Charles Petersen, Fredricks, 

 aud Williams. 



My thanks are also due Prof. S. F. Baird for iilacing the material in the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion aud National Museum at my disposal and for aid extended in various other ways. 



To Messrs. W. H. Dall, Robert Eidgway, and Dr. L. Stejaeger I must also express my obligations 

 for favors conferred since my return from the north. The latter gentleman has conferred valneil 

 assistance in the revision of the bird report. 



Finally, I wish particularly to acknowledge the kind services of my friend, Mr. H. W. Henshaw, 

 in connection with this report. He has revised the nomenclature of the ornithological portion iu 

 order to bring it into accord with the Check List of the American Ornithologists' Union, uow the 

 standard in this country, and has had editorial supervision of the entire volume. 



E. W. NELSON. 



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