Title
Field notes, itineraries, bird specimens, and mammals collected from the southern Philippine islands, Palmas Island, Celebes and Basilan Expeditions, and Zamboanga, January 3-February 11, 1906
Related Titles
Contained In:
Edgar Alexander Mearns field books, 1892-1910, from the Department of Botany
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
1906
Notes
This field book contains itineraries, camp lists, specimen lists, and diary entries, pertaining to Mearns's collecting activities in the Philippines between 3 January and 11 February 1906. One itinerary provides the details of a trip to the southern Philippine Islands, 3-10 January 1906. Specimen lists include Birds collected on Palmas Islands, Celebes and Basilan expeditions, collector number 13887-13947, andMammals collected on Palmas Islands, Celebes, collector numbers 6019-6036. Localities include but are not limited to Palmas Island (currently Palau Miangas in Indonesia), Zamboanga, Isabella [sic], and Camps 1-9. A list of camps is provided after the last journal entry. Some local names of birds are provided.
Subjects
Basilan
,
Diary
,
Field notes
,
Indonesia
,
Isabela
,
Mammalogy
,
Miangas, Pulau
,
Ornithology
,
Philippines
,
Zamboanga
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153270
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