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1856 3iJd Congress,' | 2d Session. | Senate. [Ex. Doc. | No. 78. = Reports j of | Explo- 

 rationsand Surveys. | to | ascertain the most practicable and economical route 

 fora railroad j from the | Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean | made under 

 the direction 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. | | Washington : | Beverley Tucker, Printer. | 1856. 



Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River 

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

 parallel, explored by Lieut. A. W. Whipple, Topographical | Engineers, 

 in 1853 and 1854. | j Report on the zoology of the expedition, j | 

 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. 



1857 The Northwest Coast; or, Three Years' Residence in Washington Territory. 

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

 New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square. 1857. [12, 

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



[Popular notices of fishes especially salmon and fishing 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. Hist., v. 6, p. 294, Jan. 1858. 

 Notice upon new Genera and new Species of Marine 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. atd n. sp. Chiropsis (n. g., 201), Oligocottus analis (-201), Oligocottu* globiceps (201), 

 Zanioltpis (n. g.) latipinnis (202), Blepsias oculofascialus (202).] 



33dCongrtss, | 2d Session. J Senate. Ex. Doc. | No. 78. | = | Reports | of | Ex- 

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

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

 Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in | 1854-5, | 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. | = | Routes in California and 

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

 Eogineers, and Lieut. Henry L. Abbor, Corps of Topographical Engin- 

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

 No. 1. Report upon Fishes collected on the Survey. By Qbarles 

 Girard, M. D. pp. 9-34, with plates xxii a, xxii &, xxv a, xxv &, 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.] 



1858 Description of several new species of Salmonidie 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, 1862. 



[N. sp. Salmo Qibbsii (1), Salmo truncatus (3), Salmo gibber (6), Salmo conjluentus (8), 

 Salmo canis (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 " (225).] 



