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Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

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Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. 1853-5. Volume XII. Book II.

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U.S. Government Publication

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Robert Metzeroth, John H. Richard

Printer:

Thomas H. Ford

Place of Printing:

Washington, D.C.

Date of Printing:

1860

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Author and Commentators

Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862). Army engineer, Brigadier General in the Union Army in the Civil War, U.S. Congressman, first Governor of the Washington Territory.

The Book

This book covers exploration and surveys of a railroad near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean 1853 through 1855 by Isaac I. Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory. 6 lithographed botanical plates; 2 lithographed insect plates; 6 lithographed mammal plates; 8 colored lithographic plates of birds; 11 lithographed plates of reptiles; 20 lithographed plates of fishes.

Contents

• Report Upon Botany of the Route.
• Catalogue of Plants Collected East of the Rocky Mountains.
• Catalogue of Plants Collected in Washington Territory.
• Report Upon Insects Collected on the Survey.
• Report Upon Mammals Collected on the Survey.
• Report Upon Birds Collected on the Survey.
• Report Upon Fishes Collected on the Survey.
• Report Upon Mollusca Collected on the Survey.
• Report Upon Crustacea Collected on the Survey.

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CoverTitlePart IIBotanical ReportBotanical Report ContentsList of IllustrationsNo. 1 Botanypage 14page 39No. 2 Catalogue of Plantspage 49No. 3 Catalogue of Plantspage 71Index to Botanical ReportIndex to Botanical ReportIndex to Botanical ReportIndex to Botanical ReportAstragalusMusenium DivaricatumEndolepis SuckleyiObione SuckleyanaAstragalus SerotinusOrobus LittoralisAstragalus FilifoliusMusenium DivaricatumEndolepis SuckleyiObione SuckleyanaAstragalus SerotinusOrobus LittoralisContentsContentsList of IllustrationsList of IllustrationsPrefatory NoteNo. 1 Insects CollectedInsects CollectedTables 1 & 2Table 3List of SpeciesList of SpeciesList of SpeciesDescription of Genera and Speciespage 28page 71References to the PlatesInsectsInsectsInsectsInsectsInsectsInsectsInsectsInsectsNo. 2 Chp I. Mammalspage 74page 88Chp IIpage 88Chp IIpage 90page 106Chp IIIChp IIIpage 108page 108LynxRed LynxLynxMouse & SquirrelSuckley's Pine SquirrelMouse & RatRed RabbitNo. 3 Birdspage 141Western Duck HawkCalifornia Hawkpage 164New Mexican SnowbirdNorthern RavenAmerican CrowNorthwestern Fish CrowBlack-billed MagpieLong-necked GrebeNo. 4 ReptilesPrairie Rattle SnakeFairey's Garter SnakeHayden's Garter SnakeGarter SnakePrairie Garter SnakeSnakeBlue RacerPrairie Bull SnakeFox SnakeFrogsBlack MudpupChp 1 Salmonidaepage 308page 316Chp 2 Salmonidaepage 368No. 6 Shellfishpage 370page 386Crustaceapage 389 IsopodaIndex to Zoological ReportIndex to Zoological ReportFishes Plate 1 Black BassFishes Plate 11 Bass & PerchFishes Plate 15 SculpinFishes Plate 16Fishes Plate 19Fishes Plate 20 ChiropsisSapphire PerchSilvery PerchOlive-colored Cat FishVancouver ChubBlunt-tailed Cat FishFishMilk River SuckerNebraska SuckerNebraska DaceKillyVancouver ChubQuinnan SalmonTroutLewis' Missouri TroutPuget Sound HerringInsects Plate 1Insects Plate 2Mammals Plate 2Mammals Plate 5Mammals Plate 7Mammals Plate 9Mammals Plate 15Birds Plate 11 Western Duck HawkBirds Plate 28 New Mexican SnowbirdBirds Plate 21 Northern RavenBirds Plate 23 American CrowBird Plate 24 Northwestern Fish CrowBlack-billed MagpieLong-necked GrebeLong-necked GrebePrairie Rattle SnakePrairie Rattle SnakeFairey's Garter SnakeHayden's Garter SnakeGarter SnakeGarter SnakeSnakeNew Mexican SnowbirdNew Mexican SnowbirdNorthern RavenAmerican CrowNorthwestern Fish CrowBlack-billed Magpie