PUBLICATIONS ON ALASKA AND ADJACENT EEGIONS. 277 



Falconer (Samuel). Report as special agent of the treasury department upon the island of St. 

 George, Alaska. 



[In Congressional. Papers. H. of R.— 42(1. Cong. 2d sess.— Ex. Doc. No. 20, p. 2. ] See also same : 44tli Cong. 

 1st sess.— Ex. Doc. No. 83, pp. 48-50 ; 54 ; 56; 83-85, 90-91, 93, 182. 



Falconer (Thomas). On the discovery of the Mississippi and on the south-western, Oregon, and 

 north-western boundary of the United States. 100 pp. 1 1. 100 pp. 1 map. 12°. London, S. 

 Clarke, 1844. 



The Oregon question. 1st ed. iv, 46 pp. 1 map. 8°. London, S. Clarice, 1845. [Political 



pamphlets, v. 82, No. 1.] 



The Oregon question or a statement of the British claims to the Oregon territory, in 



opposition to the pretensions of the government of the United States of America. With a 



chronological table and a map of the territory. 40 pp. 1 map. 8°. New York, Wm. Taylor, 



1845. 

 Falkenstein (Carl Constantin). Geschichte der geographischen entdeckungsreisen. 5 v. in 1. 12°. 



Dresden, P. Q. Eilschcr, 1828-29. 

 Fast (Edward G . . . ). Catalogue of antiquities and curiosities collected in the territory of Alaska. 



Also a collection of fire arms, a large geological collection, etc. 32 pp. 1 pi. 8°. [New YorJc], 



Leavitt, Strebeigh & co. [1869]. 



Note. — See Washington National Republican, Dec. 6, 1871, for note concerning Fast. 

 Fedix (P . . . A . . . ). L'Oregon et les cotes de l'oeean Paciflque du norcl, apercu geographique, 



statistique et politique. 258 pp. 1 map. S°. Paris, Amyot, 1846. Not seen. 

 Finch (George W . . . ). Prospecting in Alaska. Tramping from British Columbia to the Arctic 

 ocean. Three years in the wilderness. The plucky adventures of four enterprising miners 

 [George W. Finch ; Andrew Ken zler ; Frederick Hart; Arthur Harper]. They find gold in 

 Alaska, but not in paying quantities. 

 [In The Sunday Ledger. Sun Francisco, 1875. Oct. 10.] 

 Findlay (Alexander George). A directory for the navigation of the Pacific ocean. 2 v. xlvii, 650 

 pp. 17 1. ; xxx, 651-1388 pp. 8°. London, 1851. 

 See also Bureau of Navigation. 



Finsch (dr. Otto). Zur ornithologie Nordwest-Amerikas. 



[In Abhandlungen (les natnrwissenschaftlichen vereins zu Bremen. 8°. Bremen, April, 1872. Bandiii, seite 

 17-86.] 

 Xote. — Reviews previous literature with criticisms and summary. 



Fischer (Johann Eberhard). Sibirische geschichte von den entdeckungen Sibiriens bis auf die 

 eroberung dieses landes durch die Bussischen waffen. 2 Theile. 8°. St. Petersburg, 1768. 



Not seen. " Book 3d and 5th treats of oceanic discoveries." 



CnonpcKaa ucropifi ct> canaro OTKpBnifi, (etc.) [History of Siberia from its discovery to its 



conquest by Eussian arms. Compiled in German by J. E. Fischer.] 631 pp. 2 maps. 4°. St. 

 Peterburg, imp. academy of sciences, 1774. Not seen. 



Eecherches historiques sur les principales nations, etablies en Siberie et dans les pays 



adjacens lors de la conquete des Busses. Trad, du Eusse par Stollenwerck. 8°. Paris, 

 [1801]. Not seen. 

 Fish (Charles Pattison). From the Behring Sea. Matters at Unalaska and St. Paul — Seal catch- 

 ing — Climatology of Alaska signal service operations. 



[In the Daily Evening Bulletin, fol. San Francisco, 1872. Oct. 1.] 



The Prybiloff group. Characteristics of the islands of St. Paul and St. George and the 



Aleutian people. The Alaska Commercial Company and its monopoly. 



[In the Daily Evening Bulletin, fol. San Francisco, 1873. Sept. 4.] 



Eeport of observations made at the island of St. Paul, (Behring Sea,) by observer C. P. 



Fish, signal service U. S. A., from June 5, 1872, to May 31, 1. 73. 



[In Annual Report of the chief signal officer to the secretary of war for the year 1873. 8°. Washington, 

 government printing office, 1874. pp. 446-458.] 



Note, — For obituary, etc., see New York Herald, fol. Newspaper. New York, Sept. 29, 1879: "Death of a 

 journalist." 



