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Ajiitendix A. Kxocutive and di'scriptive report, of Lieutenant William L. Mar- 

 shall, Corps of Enjfineers, on the operations of party No. 1, Colorado section, 



field season of 1875, pp. 80-109. 

 Appendix B. rreliniinarj- report npon the operations of party No. 8, California 



section, season of 1875-76, with a view to determine the feasibility of divertinj;; 



the Colorado Kiver for purposes of irrigation, by Lieutenant Eric Bergland, 



Corps of Engineers, jip. 109-125, 7 maps and illustrations. 

 Appendix C. Executive and descriptive report of Lieutenant W. L. Carpenter, 



Ninth Infantry, on the operations of party No. 3, Colorado section, field season 



of 1875, pp. 126-130. 

 Appendix D. Executive report of Lieutenant R. Birnie, jr., Thirteenth United 



States Infantry, on the operations of party No. 2, California section, field 



season of 1875, pp. 130-135. 

 Apjiendix E. Executive and descriptive report of Lieutenant C. C. Morrison, 



Sixth Cavalry, on tlie oj^erations of party No. 2, Colorado section, field season 



of 1875, pp. 136-147. 

 Appendix F. Executive report of Lieutenant C. W. Whipple, Ordnance Corps, 



on the operations of special party, California section, field season of 1875, pp. 



147-150. 

 Appendix G 1. Meteorology and hypsometry, field season of 1875, by Lieutenant 



W. L. Marshall, Corps of Engineers, pp. 150-152. 

 Appendix G 2. On the meteorlogical conditions of the Mohave Desert, [liy Oscar 



Loew], pp. 152-157. 

 Appendix H 1. Report on the geology of southern California, by Prof. Jules 



Marcou, pp. 158-172. 

 Appendix H 2. Report on the geological and mineralogical character of south- 

 eastern California and adjacent regions, pp. 173-188. 

 Appendix H 3. Report on the alkaline lakes, thermal springs, mineral springs, 



and brackish waters of southern California and adjacent country [by Oscar 



Loew], pp. 188-199. 

 Appendix H 4. Report on the geology of the mountain ranges from La Yeta 



Pass to the head of the Pecos, by A. R. Conkling, pp. 199-202. 

 Appendix H 5. Report upon the operations of a special natural-history party 



and main field party No. 1, California section, field season of 1875, being the 



results of observations upon the economic botany and agriculture of portions 



of southern California, by Dr. J. T. Rothrock, acting assistant surgeon. United 



States Army, pp. 202-213. 

 Appendix H 6. Report on the physical and agricultural features of southern 



California, and especially of the Mohave Desert, [by Oscar Loew], pp. 214-222. 

 Appendix H. 7. Report on the geographical distribution of vegetation in the 



Mohave Desert, [by Oscar Leow], pp. 222-224. 

 Appendix H 8. Report on the ornithology of the portions of California visited 



during the field season of 1875, by H. W. TIenshaw, pp. 224-278. 

 Appendix H 9. Report on the Orthoptera, collected by the United States geo- 

 graphical surveys west of the one-hundredth meridian, under the direction of 



Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, during the season of 1875, by Samuel H. 



Scudder, pp. 278-295. 

 Appendix H 10, New species of Coleoptera, collected by the expeditions for 



geographical surveys west of one-hundredth meridian, in charge of Lieut. 



George M. Wheeler, United States P/ngineers, by John L. Leconte, M. D., pp. 



296-300. 

 Appendix H 11. Report on the alpine insect fauna of Colorado and New ^Mexico, 



season of 1875, by Lieut. W. L. Carpenter, Nintli Infantry, pp. 301-305. 

 Appendix H 12. Notes on the mammals taken and observed in California in 



1875, by H. W. Henshaw, pp. 305-312. 



