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boundary survey, under Colonel Graham and Major W. H. Emory, 

 U. S. A. 



20. General collections made by the Pacific railroad survey of the 

 47th parallel, under Governor Stevens. 



21. General collections made by the Pacific railroad survey on the 

 38th, 39th, and 41st parallels, under Captains Gunnison and Beckwith. 



22. General collections made by the Pacific railroad survey on the 

 35th parallel, under Captain Whipple. 



23. General collections made by the Pacific railroad survey on the 

 partial route in California, under Lieutenant Williamson. 



24. General collections made by the Pacific railroad survey on the 

 western end of the 32d parallel, under Lieutenant Parke. 



25. General collections made by the Pacific railroad survey on the 

 eastern end of the same parallel, under Captain Pope. 



26. General collections made by the Pacific railroad survey in Cali- 

 fornia and Oregon, under Lieutenant Williamson. 



.27. Collections made by Captain Pope while sinking artesian wells 

 on the Llano Estacado. 



28. Collections made by the northwestern boundary survey, under 

 A. Campbell, esq. 



29. Collections made in Paraguay, by Captain Page. 



30. Collections made on the Isthmus of Darien, by Lieutenant 

 Michler, U. S. A. 



31. Collections made by Lieutenant Bryan during two seasons spent 

 in constructing a wagon road from Fort Riley to Bridger's Pass. 



32. Collections made on the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone, under 

 Lieutenant Warren. 



33. Collections made on the Platte, by Lieutenant Warren. 



34. Collections made on Eed river, by Captain Marcy. 



35. Collections made by the South Pass wagon-road expedition, 

 under W. M. Magraw. 



36. Collections made during the exploration of the Colorado river, 

 under Lieutenant Ives. 



For an account of the many private collections presented to the 

 Smithsonian Institution, reference must be made to the annual reports 

 of 1850 — 1857, and to another portion of the report for the present 

 year ; several, however, need special mention here on account of their 

 extent and value. 



37. Collections made in northern Mexico, by Dr. Berlandier, pur- 

 chased and presented by Lieutenant Couch, in addition to a similar 

 collection made by himself. 



38. Collections made in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida, by Mr. 

 Gustavus Wurdemann. 



39. Collections made on the Pacific coast, by Lieut. Trowbridge. 



40. Collections made in Washington and Oregon Territories, by 

 Dr. George Suckley. 



41. Collections made in Washington, California, and Nebraska, by 

 Dr. J. G. Cooper. 



42. Collections made at Petaluma, California, by Mr. E Samuels. 



43. Collections made on the Upper Missouri, by Thaddeus Culbert- 

 son ; and others made by Dr. Hayden and Colonel A. J. Vaughan, 

 Indian agent for the Blackfeet. 



