Birds collected by the Childs Frick Expedition to Africa, volume II, June 3 - October 11, 1912

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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

1912

Notes

This is volume two of list of birds Mearns collected for the Childs Frick Expedition to Africa, volume I, 3 June to 11 October 1912. Collector numbers 22061 to 24219 are included. Sometimes Mearns's descriptions include physical descriptions of specimens including color and occasionally the behavior of the bird and how common it is. Localities include but are not limited to Yebo (currently Yebu), Wobok, Hor, Mount Indunumara, Guaso Nyiro River (currently Ewaso Ng’iro), and Jana River. A two page hand written narrative summary of the Childs Frck African Expedition is inserted at the end of the book.

Subjects

Childs Frick Abyssinian Expedition , Ethiopia , Field notes , Kenya , Ng'iro, Ewaso , Ornithology , Yebu

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.161765