Mearns, Edgar A., Africa, 1909-1912

Related Titles

Contained In: Division of Mammals collection, Edgar Alexander Mearns Field Books, 1872 - 1893

Series: SIA Acc. 12-263

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

1909-1912

Notes

The catalog documents Edgar A. Mearns' collecting across Africa, 1909-1912. Includes field number, USNM catalog number, sex, type (scientific name), location, date, measurements, and notes usually referring to habitat, specimen preparation, condition, altitude, appearance, presence of fetuses. In the front of the volume is an illustration and key to types of specimen measurements. Locations include British East Africa [Kenya], N'guasso Nyiro River, Nairobi, Lake Nawaska, Mt. Kenia [Kirinyaga], Changamuve, Kenya; Uganda; Congo; Smithe Island, Virginia.

Subjects

Africa , Changamwe , Congo , Field notes , Kenya , Kirinyaga , Mammalogy , Nairobi , Uganda , United States , Virginia

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.161565