Miscellaneous specimen lists and notes mostly unidentified

Related Titles

Contained In: Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated

Series: SIA RU007083

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1870-1879

Notes

Miscellaneous specimen lists and notes on birds dated in and around the 1870s. The first list of birds records 124 species and 782 examples, providing quantities and sex of each bird in New York. Research notes and correspondence are also included. Another list records bird eggs collected in the 1870s with collector or personal numbers ranging from approximately 1483-1667 not listed in order. A third list records information on a collection of eagles numbered 101-822 collected in Colorado, New Jersey, Connecticut and (Long Island) New York. A fourth list includes collections made by others including N. C. Brown and W. K. Gente made in various states. A fifth list records birds by species including the following information: private number, sex, when collected, where collected, measurements, and remarks.

Subjects

Connecticut , Field notes , New Jersey , New York , Ornithology , Port Ewen , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141638
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51414811