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furnished a large box of birds of Hudson Bay, while from Mr. Barnston 
were received several collections of skins, and eggs of birds, new and 
tare mammals, insects, fish, d&c., of Lake Superior. 
_It may be proper to state in this connexion that the labors of Mr. Ken- 
nicott have been facilitated to the highest degree by the liberality of the 
udson Bay Company, as exercised by the directors in London, the 
executive officers in Montreal, (especially Mr. Edward Hopkins,) and all 
the gentlemen of the Company, in particular by Governor Mactavish, of 
rt Garry, and Mr. Ross, In fact, without this aid the expense of Mr. 
Kennicott’s exploration would be far beyond what tle Institution could 
voyage a tr rge 
and naturalist of the Boundary Survey. Connected with this expedition 
om is beginning, in 1857, and, in conjunction with Mr. Gibbs, making 
the Principal portion of its collections, his report on them would have 
Years has been more successful than Dr. Kennerly. Many new species 
have been first described by himself or from his collections, while his 
-Sontributions to the biography of American animals have been of 
highest interest. 
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE U, S. COAST SURVEY 
FoR 1860. 
* Compare Dr. Hayden’s account of this survey, Geog. Notices, No. XVII, this 
Journal, 2], xxxiv, 99. 
