Dispatch book number 2, April 18 - May 19, 1904

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

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 18 April to 19 May 1904 in the Philippines. Collector numbers range from approximately 13343-13360. Collector number 5655 (mammal) is also included. Localities include but are not limited to Bacuag, "Lake Sapongan", Baganga River, and Tubay River. Mearns notes that he also collects shells, plants, and rocks during this period. A brief report from Roy H. Gearhart in Bohol is inserted into the book. Some sketches of ethnological and other observations are included.

Subjects

Bacuag , Baganga River , Diary , Field notes , Ornithology , Philippines , Tubay River

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.154045