. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean . HYPNUM PAKT VI. 1 K EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS FOR A RAILROAD ROUTE PROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. WAR DEPARTMENT. ROUTE NEAR THE THIRTY-FIFTH PARALLEL, EXPLORED BY LIEUT. A. W. WHIPPLE, TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, IN 1853 AND 1854. REPORT ON THE ZOOLOGY OF THE EXPEDITION. WASHINGTON, D. C. 185 6. No. 1. FIELD NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS. BY C. B. R. KENNERLY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION. Wash
. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean . HYPNUM PAKT VI. 1 K EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS FOR A RAILROAD ROUTE PROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. WAR DEPARTMENT. ROUTE NEAR THE THIRTY-FIFTH PARALLEL, EXPLORED BY LIEUT. A. W. WHIPPLE, TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, IN 1853 AND 1854. REPORT ON THE ZOOLOGY OF THE EXPEDITION. WASHINGTON, D. C. 185 6. No. 1. FIELD NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS. BY C. B. R. KENNERLY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION. Washington, D. C, July 1, 1854. Sir : I have the honor herewith to present a general account of the game animals of thecountry traversed hy you in surveying a route for the railroad to the Pacific. I do not proposehere to go into much detail, as the description of the individual species, with an account of theircharacteristic hahits, is reserved for a subsequent report. For convenience of reference, I shalldivide the line into several portions, and express, as briefly as possible, the peculiar features inthe economical zoology of each. From the Bio Grande to Zuni.—Although
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