344 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



1858. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most prac- 

 ticable and economloal route for a railroad from the Mississippi 

 River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Sec- 

 retary of War, in 1853-6. Vol. IX. Birds. By Spencer P. Baird, 

 Assistant Secretary Smithsonian Institution, with the co-oper- 

 ation of John Cassin and George N. Lawrence. Washington, D. 

 C. 1858. 



A rather large number of specimens taken in the Kansas 

 City region were used in the preparation of tliis monumental 

 work. Some material was collected by unknown soldiers sta- 

 tioned at Fort Leavenworth, and sent in by army officers. 

 Among the scientists who collected in this region are Dr. F. 

 V. Hayden, of Lieut. Warren's party; Dr. Kreuzfeldt, of Cap- 

 tain Gunnison's party; W. S. Wood, of Lieut. Bryan's party; 

 Dr. J. G. Cooper, of W. M. Magraw's party (who secured 

 many specimens in Jackson County) , and Dr. Suckley. Speci- 

 mens taken in this region by the Audubon party In 1844 are 

 also tabulated. 



1858. Maximilian Prinz zu Wied. — Verzeichniss der Vogel welche auf 

 einer Reise in Nord-America beobachted wnTAen.K.Journal fuer 

 Ornithologie, 1858. 



This item has not been seen; quoted from Mr. Widmann's 

 book. 



1860. Baibd, S. F. — The Birds of North America; the description of 

 species based on the collections in the Museum of the Smithso- 

 nian Institution. By Spencer P. Baird, assistant secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, with the co-operation of John Cassin, 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and George 

 N. Lawrence, of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 

 With an Atlas of one hundred plates. Philadelplhia: J. B. Lip- 

 pincott & Co. 1860. 



This is a reprint of Volume IX of the Pacific Railroad Sur- 

 veys Reports, 1858, g. v. 



1863. Hayden, P. D. — Report on the Geology and Natural History of 

 the Upper Missouri River based on Explorations in 1855, 56 and 

 57.<Trans. Amr. Phil. Soc, Vol. 12, 1863. 



Dr. Hayden was one of the foremost members of the scientific 

 organization connected with the Pacific Railroad Surveys, 

 and contributed much material from the Kansas City region 

 used by Prof. Baird in his epochal revision of North Amer- 

 ican birds. 



1864. Bated, S. P. — Review of American Birds in the Museum of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. By S. P. Baird. Part 1. North and 

 Middle America. Washington. 1864. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 

 181. 



