Catalogue of ornithological specimens received into my collection

Title Variants

Alternative: Catalogue of Edgar Mearns' early collection of birds, covering mostly specimens received from other collections in exchange, 1868-1880

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

1868-1880

Notes

This book contains a catalog of ornithological specimens received into Mearns's collection from other collectors. The catalog uses the following data columns: original number, catalogue number, and specimen (usually including name and sex). Collectors include Wm. L. Bresse, Dr. F. Gente, Jas, H. Roome, E. J. Maynard, Frederic S. Osborn, Thos. W. Wilson, Wm. K Gente, Eugene P. Bickwell, N. C. Brown, Lieutenant Willis Wittich, Alfred Benzon, R. P. Nicholls, William Brewester, Franklin Benner, Louis A. Derega, A. K. Fisher, and perhaps others. Many of the collectors collected in New York. Collections from R. P. Nicholls are from England.

Subjects

England , Field notes , New York , Ornithology , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142200
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51415359