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Kennicott have been facilitated to the highest degree by the liber- 

 ality of the Hudson's Bay Company, as exercised by the directors in 

 London, the executive officers in Montreal, (especially Mr. Edward 

 Hopkins,) and all the gentlemen of the company, in particular by 

 Governor Mactavish, of Fort Garry, and Mr. Ross. In fact, without 

 this aid the expense of Mr. Kennicott' s exploration would be far be- 

 yond what the Institution could aftord, even with the assistance re- 

 ceived from others. Wherever the rules of the company would ad- 

 mit, no chai-ge has been made for transportation of Mr. Kennicott and 

 his supplies and collections, and he has been entertained as a guest 

 wherever he has gone. No charge also was made on the collection 

 sent from Moose Factory to London by the company's ship, and in 

 every possible way this time-honored company has shown itself 

 friendly and co-operative in the highest degree to the scientific ob- 

 jects of the Institution. 



Nortliivest Boundary Survey, under 3Ir. Archibald Campbell. — This 

 expedition has finally completed its labors in the field and returned 

 to Washington, bringing rich results in physical science, as well as 

 important collections in natural history. These, with what were pre- 

 viously sent hither from time to time, are in progress of elaboration, 

 and reports are in preparation to be presented to Congress when 

 completed. 



It is with deep regret that I have to announce the death at sea, on 

 his homeward voyage in February last, of Dr. C. B. Kennerly, the 

 surgeon and naturalist of the Boundary Survey. Connected with this 

 expedition from its beginning, in 1857, and, in conjunction with Mr. 

 Gibbs, making the principal portion of its collections, his report on 

 them would have been one of great value. For many years prior to 

 1857, however, he had been in intimate relations with the Institution 

 as a collaborator, first while resident at his home, at White Post, 

 Clark county, Virginia, then in 1853, as surgeon and naturalist to the 

 Pacific Railroad Survey of Captain Whipple along the 35th parallel, 

 then in the same relationship to the Mexican Boundary Survey, under 

 Colonel Emory, in 1855. No one of the gentlemen who have labored 

 so zealously to extend a knowledge of the natural history of the west 

 within the last ten or twelve years has been more successful than 

 Dr. Kennerly. Many new species have been first described by him- 

 self or from his collections, while his contributions to the biography 

 of American animals have been of the highest interest. 



IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIMENS. 



The identification of the unnamed species in the Smithsonian collec- 

 tion has been carried on as rapidly as possible, with the co-operation 

 of many naturalists of distinction. Some of it has been prosecuted 

 within the building; most of it, however, by gentlemen who either 

 came to Washington and made their selections or had specimens sent 

 to them. The following persons may be specially mentioned in con- 

 nexion with the several portions of the collection: 



