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Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: A report of progress of the exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the year 1878, Part II: Yellowstone National Park

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Authors
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden

Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: A report of progress of the exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the year 1878, Part I: Geology, paleontology, and zoology

This report includes the labors of the corps for the field season of 1878, and the office work until the close of the existence of the Survey by law June 30, 1879. Several of the members have, however, performed very important work since that time in elaborating their individual reports, which has added greatly to their interest and value.A general summary of the work for the season of 1878 will b
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F. V. Hayden

Volume III: The vertebrata of the Tertiary formations of the West

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Authors
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Edward D. Cope

Volume VIII: Contributions to the fossil flora of the Western Territories, Part III: The Cretaceous and Tertiary flora

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Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Leo Lesquereux

Atlas to accompany the monograph on the geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe district

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George Ferdinand Becker

Atlas to accompany the Tertiary history of the Grand Canyon district

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Authors
Clarence E. Dutton

Annual report upon the geographical and topographical surveys of the territory of the United States west of the 100th meridian, in the States and Territories of California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Me

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Authors
George Montague Wheeler, Montgomery Meigs Macomb

Contributions to the anatomy of birds

At the present writing we know of but one species of the so-called Burrowing Owls inhabiting America, and this is represented by three existing races, the typical and largest of those being the Athene cunicularia, a species confined to South America, while its two varieties occur with the limits of the United States.
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R. W. Shufeldt

Geology of the Comstock lode and the Washoe district, with atlas

The field work for this report was begun in April, 1880, and concluded in March, 1881. In the spring of 1880 the Census of the Mineral Industries West of the Rocky Mountains was placed in my charge in addition to my duties as geologist, and occupied much of my time both during the period of field work in the Washoe District and since.
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George Ferdinand Becker

Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879, Volume IV

In the preface of the preceding volumes, sufficient explanation has been made of most matters requiring consideration in such connection. For reasons explained in the preface of Vol. III, and for others that have arisen since, the earlier portions of this volume have rested in type, awaiting the completion of the remainder, for a length of time much to be regretted. Consideration of this fact is d
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T.C. Chamberlin

Second Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1880-1881

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J. W. Powell

Tertiary history of the Grand Canon District, with atlas

This work is chiefly devoted to a description of the methods and results of EROSION upon a grand scale. Since erosion depends for its efficiency principally upon the progressive elevation of a region, and upon its climatal conditions, these collateral subjects are also discussed in their relations to the principal theme. And in general such an erosion influences and is in turn influenced by the wh
Authors
Clarence E. Dutton