Title
Two notebooks of Frederick William True containing field notes and daily entries on seals and other wildlife on St. Paul Island, Kelaire, Lukannan, Polovina, Tolstoi, and St. George's Island, Alaska
Title Variants
Alternative:
Field book, Pribilof Islands, 1895
Related Titles
Contained In:
Frederick William True Papers, circa 1886-1910
Series:
SIA RU007181
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
True, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1858-1914
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1895
Notes
English
Two notebooks of Frederick William True containing field notes and daily entries on seals and other wildlife on St. Paul Island, Kelaire, Lukannan [Lukanin rookery], Polovina, Tolstoi [rookery], and St. George's Island, Alaska, June 27 - August 15, 1895. Journal entries are dated, and include narrative style entries. They include observations of wildlife and surrounding environments, sometimes including periodic recordings for one day. One contains extended descriptions interactions between mother and cub seals; a sealing event; list of birds seen (with sketches); and in the back a list of stations, dates, and observations on changes in observed numbers. Includes a pasted insert with a list of birds and eggs. Half the note book is blank. The second notebook includes observations of seal populations (cows, bulls, and pups); sealing; numbers relating to sealing (killed or rejected because of size); and includes some sketches of seals. Both books have True's name on the inside cover, but place the author at different places on the same day. It is possible that one of the books belonged to Leonhard Stejneger or another participant of the expedition. Includes sketches of birds and a list of specimens.
Subjects
Alaska
,
Aleutian Islands
,
Field notes
,
Lukanin Rookery
,
Mammalogy
,
Ornithology
,
Saint George Island
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Saint Paul Island
,
Seals (Animals)
,
Tolstoi Rookery
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United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.99381
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