Mexico, January 12 - August 3, 1904

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Contained In: Edward William Nelson and Edward Alphonso Goldman Collection, circa 1873-1946 and undated

Series: SIA RU007364

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

By

Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1904

Notes

This field book documents the field work and travels of Goldman through Mexico between 12 January and 3 August 1904. Notes are a narrative description of bird, plant, and mammal specimen observed and collected interspersed with specimen lists from locations visited. Locations include City of Mexico, Chicapa (Oaxaca), Tuxtla GutiŽrrez, Comit‡n (Chiapas), Tiopisca (Chiapas), Patzenaro, and other locations. Goldman keeps a very detailed record of travel, route, and locations visited and also comments on which specimen are common, altitude of localities, weather, and other observations in these notes. Specimen numbers for mammals range from 16564-16727; bird specimen numbers range from 10355-11016; plant specimen numbers range from 720-1007. Specimen numbers are not consecutively listed.

Subjects

Botany , Chicapa de Castro , Comit‡n de Dom’nguez , Diary , Field notes , Mammalogy , Mexico , Mexico City , Ornithology , P‡tzcuaro , Teopisca , Tuxtla GutiŽrrez

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.130894