Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers, by Captain Sitgreaves. February 15, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed; and that 2,000 extra copies be printed, 200 of which for Captain Sitgreaves. [electronic resource]
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| Language: | English |
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| Series: | United States congressional serial set ;
serial set no. 668. Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 32nd Congress, 2nd session, no. 59. |
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| Item Description: | Report of Captain L. Sitgreaves, p. 4. Report on the natural history of the country passed over by the exploring expedition under the command of Brevet Captain L. Sitgreaves, U.S. Topographical Engineers, during the year 1851, by S.W. Woodhouse, M.D., surgeon and naturalist to the expedition, p. 33. Report on the mammals collected during the expedition, by S.W. Woodhouse, p. 43. Report on the birds, by S.W. Woodhouse, p. 58. Report on the reptiles, by Edward Hallowell, p. 106. Report on the fishes, by S.F. Baird and Charles Girard, p. 148. Report on the botany, by John Torrey, follows p. 152. Medical report, by S.W. Woodhouse, follows p. 179. List of illustrations follows p. 185. Table of contents follows p. 190. |
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| Physical Description: | 198 p. : illustrations, maps, tables. |
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