No 4

Title Variants

Alternative: Heller, Edmund, Yale University and National Geographic Society Peruvian Expedition Mammal catalog, 1915 (2 of 2)

Related Titles

Contained In: Division of Mammals collection, Edmund Heller Field Books, 1898-1915

Series: SIA Acc. 12-212

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

By

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1914-1916

Notes

The journal documents Edmund Heller's field work, August 14 - October 8 (year not stated), for the National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvian Expedition, 1915. There are multiple hand drawn maps, the first in the in the front of the notebook detailing campsites. Information is entered from the front and the back of the notebook. Entries are dated. They detail weather, daily work, travel details (destinations, campsites, staffing, planing, trails taken), daily work and time of day, flora and fauna observations, fish-trapping, specimens collected (sometimes stomach contents), collecting methods, descriptions of terrain (with elevations), and interactions with Machiganga Indians. Starting from the back, there are lists relating to specimens, headed by field number; mammals, fruit, trees, birds, with common and local names. ?There are a significant number of notations / edits in red through out the journal. Locations includes Corranaquayco, Quirapatax, Lucma, Pucura, Puquiura [Pucyura].

Subjects

Botany , Cuzco , Field notes , Lucma , Machiganga Indians , Mammalogy , National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvi , Ornithology , Peru , Pucyura , Yale University }} lcsh?National Geographic Societ

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English