Details - Notes on Some of the Birds of Fort Klamath, Oregon, Collected by Lieutenant Willis Wittich, 21st Infantry, U.S.A., With Annotations and Additions by 'The Collector'

Notes on Some of the Birds of Fort Klamath, Oregon, Collected by Lieutenant Willis Wittich, 21st Infantry, U.S.A., With Annotations and Additions by 'The Collector'

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Notes on Some of the Birds of Fort Klamath, Oregon, Collected by Lieutenant Willis Wittich, 21st Infantry, U.S.A., With Annotations and Additions by 'The Collector'

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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

1875

Notes

This item includes a 12 page list of specimens collected by Lieutenant Willis Wittich, 21st Infantry, USA, with annotations and additions by the collector. This manuscript was compiled from notes and collections given to Mearns by Wittich while he was stationed at Fort Klamath, circa 1875. This item begins with a general description of the Klamath basin and birds there and is followed by a list of specimens, which includes measurements, date, scientific name, and age. This list is followed by "List of birds whose occurrence at Klamath is probably to be looked for, etc.". Examples of genera listed include but are not limited to turdus, agelaeus, and totanus.