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Spirit material

Title

Spirit material #1 Tanna, New Hebrides

Title Variants

Alternative: Notebook

Alternative: Southern New Hebrides wogs

By

Macmillan, Lindsay.

American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology.
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[between 1936 and 1940]

Notes

Majority of pages in volume are blank.

Includes hand-drawn topographical map with indications of vegetation in area.

Although a book labeled "notebook #2" is from approximately the same time period and location, it is not in a discernible set with this volume.

Notes on specimens preserved in spirit that were observed and collected in Southern New Hebrides (Vanuatu), primarily lists the vials by number and label. Note that a small number of mammals collected are listed on the last leaf. Macmillan led the Whitney South Sea Expedition from 1935 to 1940 and his wife Joy accompanied him on the expedition, acting as assistant.

Lindsay Macmillan was trained by A.J. Marshall, a well-known Australian ornithologist. Before joining the expedition, Macmillan was already well-versed in skinning and collecting bird specimens. He left the Whitney expedition to join the Australian military during World War II.

Cataloged through a 2015 Leon Levy Foundation Archives grant.