Title
Miscellaneous specimen lists and notes mostly unidentified
Related Titles
Contained In:
Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
Series:
SIA RU007083
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1870-1879
Notes
Miscellaneous specimen lists and notes on birds dated in and around the 1870s. The first list of birds records 124 species and 782 examples, providing quantities and sex of each bird in New York. Research notes and correspondence are also included. Another list records bird eggs collected in the 1870s with collector or personal numbers ranging from approximately 1483-1667 not listed in order. A third list records information on a collection of eagles numbered 101-822 collected in Colorado, New Jersey, Connecticut and (Long Island) New York. A fourth list includes collections made by others including N. C. Brown and W. K. Gente made in various states. A fifth list records birds by species including the following information: private number, sex, when collected, where collected, measurements, and remarks.
Subjects
Connecticut
,
Field notes
,
New Jersey
,
New York
,
Ornithology
,
Port Ewen
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141638
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51414811
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