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Honorable Joint Library Committee of Congress, to superintend the preparation of Plates for the Atlas ol Mammalogy and Ornithology of the United States Exploring Expedition; and subsequently to prepare the present volume. In both of these departments of Natural History, large and highly interesting collections were made, and much new and valuable information obtained by the naturalists of the Expedition. My object has been to notice, in this volume, every species of interest, with careful descriptions of such as were previously unknown; and to give all the information to be obtained from the recorded observations and journals of the naturalists, which have been at my disposal; and I have appended a complete Catalogue of the collections in these two classes of animals. Not having accompanied the Expedition, my sources of information have been exclusively those designated above, and especially I am indebted to the kindness of Charles Pickering, M.D., one of the naturalists of the Expedition, whose volumes have added so much of the highest value to its series of publications.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org