Object Details
author
Kennerly, Caleb Burwell Rowan -1861
Author
United States War Department Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad
United States.$bArmy Corps of Topographical Engineers
Notes
Caption title
At head of title: No. 3
Plates are hand-colored
The reports of the Pacific Railroad surveys were prepared under the direct supervision of the Corps of Topographical Engineers. The volumes dealing with the soil, climate, geology, botany and zoology of the regions surveyed were edited and revised by Professors Henry and Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution
Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, page 647
SCNHRB copy bound with copy 3 of: Baird, Spencer Fullerton. Catalogue of North American birds. Washington : Smithsonian Institution, 1858 -- Baird, Spencer Fullerton. Report on birds collected on the survey. Washington : Beverly Tucker, printer, 1857 -- Heermann, A.L. Report upon birds collected on the survey. Washington : Beverly Tucker, 1859 -- Newberry, J.S. Report upon the birds. Washington : Beverly Tucker, 1859 -- Binney, W.G. Report upon shells collected on the survey. Washington : Beverly Tucker, 1857 -- Cooper, J.G. Report upon the birds collected on the survey. Washington : Beverly Tucker, 1860 -- Baird, Spencer Fullerton. Birds of the boundary. Washington : United States. Dept. of the Interior, 1859? Bound together subsequent to publication
SCNHRB copy bound in blue library buckram, title in gilt on spine; 29 cm
Date
1859
Call number
QL681 .B16c 1858
Type
Books
Physical description
pages [19]-35, [11] leaves of plates illustrations 29 cm
Place
North America
Southern States
West (U.S.)
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic
Birds
Natural history
Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys
Record ID
siris_sil_965147