Explorations encouraged by the Smithsonian Institution. 237 
y Mr. Lyman; on the Myriapoda by Mr. Wood; onthe Bats 
by Dr. Allen; on the Plants by Dr. Gray. The conchology is in 
the hands of Mr. P. P. Carpenter. 
It is proposed, when all these examinations are completed, to 
Combine their results in one general memoir on the Natural 
We copy, from Prof, Baird’s report for 1861, the following 
Statements respecting the other recent explorations in which the 
Smithsonian Institution has been concerned. 
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where he had spent th pr 
collecting egos of birds. He left Fort Resolution in August, 1860, and 
Teturned to Fort Simpson and proceeded immediately down the Macken- 
La Pierre's house, occupying four days in the transit, and arrivin, Sep- 
mber 18th; left the next day for Fort Yukon, at the junction of Por- 
Cupine or Rat river and the Yukon or Pelly river, in about latitude 65° 
ed on the 28th of September, 1860. : 
The latest advices now on file from Mr. Kennicott were written Janu- 
aty 2, 1861, up to which time he had made some interesting collections ; 
but these, of course, were limited by the season. He had great expecta- 
tions of success during the following spring, (of 1861,) which have no 
doubt been abundantly realized. : 
No collections were received from Mr. Kennicott in 1861, with the 
&xception of a few specimens gathered in July and August, 1860, on 
ve lake. Those made at the Yukon will, however, in all probability 
Come to hand in October or November of 1862. 
Am. Jour. Scr.—Srcosp Serres, Vou. XXXV, No. 104.—Marcn, 1863. 
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