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and Observations'' mack' during that cruise and issued by the Treasuiy Department. The "^eo- 

 graphical results of the expedition between the Yukon delta and the Kuskoqnini have appeared, 

 with a map, in the "Proceedings of the Royal Geograi)hical Society and Monthly Record of Geoo-- 

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

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



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

 OfScer, and a series of illustrations and notes contained in the official report of the Corwin'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 Alaska Commercial Company and particularly from its 

 officers at Saint ]\Iichaels, Messrs. Neumann and M. Lorenz.' To their genial comijanionship 

 I owe many pleasant hours during the wearying monotony of life in this isolated region; and 

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

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

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

 and Williams. 



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

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



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

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

 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 in 

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

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



E. W. NELSON. 



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