Details - Dispatch book number 3, June 9 - July 13, 1904, Davao and Mt. Apo trip

Dispatch book number 3, June 9 - July 13, 1904, Davao and Mt. Apo trip

Title

Dispatch book number 3, June 9 - July 13, 1904, Davao and Mt. Apo trip

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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

1904

Notes

Mearns's dispatch book includes original and carbon copies of diary like dispatches about the war, bird collecting, other animals observed, and other observations from 9 June to 13 July 1904 during a trip to Davao and Mt. Apo in the Philippines. Collector numbers range from approximately 13393-13395 and 13437-13558. Collector number 5658 (mammal) is also included. Localities include but are not limited to "Kanipan Bank" (Mindanao), Samal Island, and Mount Apo. Some coordinates are included for localities. Some bird names in local languages are also included. Mearns also includes a list of tribes of Mount Apo.