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Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska

Title

Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska : between the years 1877 and 1881

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Series: Mis. doc. (United States. Congress. Senate), 49th Congress, 1st session, no. 156

By

Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934

Bean, Tarleton H. (Tarleton Hoffman), 1846-1916
Edwards, William H. (William Henry), 1822-1909
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930
True, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1858-1914

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1887

Notes

"Arctic series of publications issued in connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army, no. III."

Issued also in the Congressional series of U.S. public documents (no. 2349) as Senate misc. doc. no. 156, 49th Cong., 1st sess.

Some of the plates signed: R. & J.L. Ridgway.

Contents: Letter of transmittal, by H.W. Henshaw -- Narrative, by E.W. Nelson -- pt. I. Birds of Alaska, with partial bibliography of Alaskan ornithology, by E.W. Nelson -- pt. II. Mammals of northern Alaska, by E.W. Nelson and F.W. True -- pt. III. Field notes on Alaskan fishes, by E.W. Nelson, with additional notes by T.H. Bean -- pt. IV. Insects. Report upon the diurnal Lepidoptera collected in Alaska by E.W. Nelson, by W.H. Edwards.

Birds, mammals, fishes, lepidoptera.