List of birds observed in the Philippine Islands by Mearns and data on location and species of birds

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

1903-1904

Notes

This item contains notes Mearns compiled from his field notes on birds observed and collected in the Philippines. The list of birds observed consists of 254 species. The list of birds collected is organized by species name (although not alphabetically), under which collections of that species are listed (no numerical order). Range of catalog numbers (USNM numbers) represented by the list are approximately 190000 to 192300. Collector numbers and some details of specimens are also provided. These were collected in 1903 and 1904 in various localities in Mindanao and other areas of the Philippines. For more information about these collector numbers, see field notes for these years.

Subjects

Field notes , Mindanao , Ornithology , Philippines

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.160848