Catalog of fishes and mammals, Point Barrow Polar Expedition, 1881-1883

Title Variants

Alternative: No. 3, fishes and mammals [aloglaami?], 1882-3

Related Titles

Contained In: John Murdoch journals, 1881-1883

Series: SIA RU007203

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

By

Murdoch, John, 1852-1925

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1882-1883

Notes

This field book contains John Murdoch's catalogue on fishes and mammals made by the Point Barrow Polar Expedition, 1881-1883. Collections are from Alaska (possibly near Point Barrow) between approximately 10 February 1882 to 16 September 1883. Catalogue contains specimen number, binomial, name in another language (possibly Iñupiaq), date, and a second set of numbers abbreviated "mt". Fish specimen are recorded on pages 1 and 2 with numbers ranging from 576 to 1769. Mammal specimen are recorded on pages 65-72 with numbers ranging from 509-1541. These also include weight of the specimen.

Subjects

Alaska , Field notes , Ichthyology , International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Al , Mammalogy , Naturalists , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.150047