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No. 3: Birds of the Northwest: A hand-book of the ornithology of the region drained by the Missouri River and its tributaries

No abstract available.
Authors
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Elliott Coues

No. 4: Synopsis of the flora of Colorado

No abstract available.
Authors
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Thomas C. Porter, John M. Coulter

No. 6: Meteorological observations made during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1874 in Colorado and Montana Territories

No abstract available.
Authors
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, George B. Chittenden

On the Plagopterinae and the ichthyology of Utah

No abstract available.
Authors
Edward D. Cope, George Montague Wheeler

Preliminary report upon invertebrate fossils collected by the expeditions of 1871, 1872, and 1873, with descriptions of new species

No abstract available.
Authors
George Montague Wheeler, Charles A. White

Professor Powell's Report of the survey of the Colorado of the West: Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a report of Professor Powell on the survey of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries

No abstract available.
Authors
John Wesley Powell

Progress report upon geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, in 1872, under the direction of Brigadier General A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, United States Army

It is proposed to present in this progress report- 1st. A short chapter devoted to the analyzation of the results under their separate and systematic heads. 2d. A chapter upon the special subjects of mining, agriculture, irrigation, routes of communication, Indians, &c., to conclude with a project for the surveys contemplated for the ensuing season; the whole to be accompanied by appendixes, conta
Authors
George Montague Wheeler

Report of exploration in 1873 of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries

No abstract available.
Authors
John Wesley Powell

Report upon ornithological specimens collected in the years 1871, 1872, and 1873

No abstract available.
Authors
George Montague Wheeler, Henry Crecy Yarrow, Henry W. Henshaw

Report upon the determination of the astronomical co-ordinates of the primary stations at Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, and Colorado Springs, Colorado Territory, made during the years 1872 and 1873

I [George M. Wheeler] have the honor to forward herewith a report embodying the results from the astronomical observations made at Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, and Colorado Springs, Colorado Territory. They are typical stations for the years 1872 and 1873, although not selected because of probable errors that are a minimum. Attention is invited to the methods employed and the order of sequence in
Authors
George Montague Wheeler, F. Kampf, J.H. Clark

Volume VI: Contributions to the fossil flora of the Western Territories, Part I: The Cretaceous flora

No abstract available.
Authors
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Leo Lesquereux

Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for 1873, Appendix DD

No abstract available.
Authors
Clarence King