[Field notes]

By

Macmillan, Lindsay.

American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology.
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[1939]

Notes

Bound volume with notes in ink and pencil.

Includes index in front.

Pages 66 to 124 are blank.

Includes specifications regarding various species desired for this span of the expedition which explored the region of New Caledonia. Data includes how many AMNH has and wants, the exchange value, the total permit, the number for Noumea and remarks. General observations and notes are made and dated for each entry, and a very few specific specimens are numbered. Macmillan led the Whitney South Sea Expedition from 1935 to 1940 and his wife Joy accompanied him on the expedition, acting as assistant.

Lindsay Macmillan was trained by A.J. Marshall, a well-known Australian ornithologist. Before joining the expedition, Macmillan was already well-versed in skinning and collecting bird specimens. He left the Whitney expedition to join the Australian military during World War II.

Cataloged through a 2015 Leon Levy Foundation Archives grant.

Subjects

(1920-1941) , Birds , Description and travel , Field notes , Macmillan, Lindsay , Melanesia , New Caledonia , Scientific Expeditions , Travel , Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museu

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.127673
OCLC: 961273977
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51403932