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1856— 3i{d Congress, | 2(1 Session. | Senate. [ Ex. Doc. | No. 78.=^ Reports \ of | Explo- 

 rationsancl Surveys. | to 1 ascertain theniostpracticableandeconoruicalroute 

 for a railroad j from the | Mississippi Eiver to tbe Pacific Ocean | made under 

 the din-cliou of the Secretary of War, in | 1853-4, \ according to acts of Con- 

 gress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. | — | Volume 

 IV. i — I Washington: | Beverlej' Tucker, Printer. | 18.'>6. 



Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi Eiver 

 to the Pacific Ocean. | War Department. | ^= \ Route near the thirty-fifth 

 parallel, explored by Lieut. A. W. Whipple, To] ographical | Engineers, 

 in 1853 aud 1854. | — | Report on the zoology of the expedition. ] — | 

 Washington, D. C. | 1856. =[17 pp., 1 l.J 

 No. 1. — Field notes and explanations. — By C. B. R. Kennerly, M. D., 

 Physician and Naturalist to the Expedition. — pp. 5-17. 

 ISSy — The Northwest Coast ; or, Three Years' Residence in Washington Territory. 

 By James G. Swan. [Figure of terr. seal.] With numerous illustrations. 

 New York: Hai per «& Brothers, Publishers, Fiaukliu Square. 1857. [12<^, 

 435 pp. (inch 26 tigs, and pi.), frontispiece, 1 map.] 



[Popular notices of fishes — especially salmon and flsliing for salmon — are given in chap- 

 ters 3, 7, 9, and 14.] 



'Account of some observations on the development of Anableps Gronovii, as 



compared with that of the Embiotocas of California. By Jeffries Wyman. 



Nov. 18, 1857. < Proc. Boston S.c. Nat. Plist., v. 6, p. 294, Jan. 1858. 

 Notice upon new Genera and new Species of Mariue and Fresh-water Fishes 



from Western North America. By Charles Girard, M. D. Nov. 24, 1857. 



<Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., v. 9, pp. 200-202, Nov. 1857. 



[N. g. ftLd n. sp. Ckiropsis (n. g., 201), OUgocottus analis (iOl), OUgocottwi globiccps (201), 

 ZanioUpis (n. g.) latipinnis (202), Blepsias oculofasciaius (202).] 



33dCongris8, | 2d Session, f Senate. ^ Ex. Doc. | No. 78. | = | Reports | of | Ex- 

 plorations aud Surveys, | to | ascertain the most practicable aud economical 

 route for a railroad | from ihe | Mississippi Elver to the Pacific Ocean. | 

 Made uuder the direction of the Secretary of War, in | 1854-6, | according to 

 Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. | — ] 

 Volume VI. | — | Washington: | Beverley Tucker, Printer. | 1857. 

 Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River 

 to the Pacific Ocean. | War Department. | =i | Routes m California and 

 Oregon explored by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical | 

 Eugiueers, aud Lieut. Henry L. Abbo', Corps of Topographical Engin- 

 eers, in 1855. I — I Zoological Report. — | Washington, D. C. | 1857. | = 

 No. 1. Report upon Fishes collected on the Survey. — By Charles 

 Girard, M. D. — pp. 9-34, with plates xxii a, xxii 6, xxv a, xxv h, xl 

 a, xlvi, Ixii, Ixvi, Ixviii, Ixx, Ixxiv. 



Report on the fauna and medical topography of Washington Territory. By 

 Geo. Suckley, M. D. May, 1857. < Trans. Am. Med. Assoc, v. 10, pp. 181- 

 217, 1857. 



[Fishes noticed at pp. 202-203.] 



185§ — Description of several new species of Salmonidis from the north-west coast 

 of America. By George Suckley, M. D. Read December 6, 1858. <^ Ann. 

 Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, v. 7, pp. 1-10, 18G2. 



[X. sp. Salmo Gi-bbsii (1), Salmo truncatus (3), Salmo gibber (C), Salmo conjluentus (8), 

 Salmo cania (9).] 



Ichthyological Notices, by Chas. Girard, M. D. Dec. 28, 1858. < Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. 10, pp. 223-225, Dec. 1858. 



[§ 1-4, n. sp. " Fario Newberrii, or else Salmo Newberrii " (22.'')).] 



