Lists of specimens collected and seen on a trip from Fort Snelling to Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, July 1890, and notes on the summer birds of Southeastern Minnesota

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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

1888-1890

Notes

Field book includes multiple lists. The first is a list of specimens (with measurements) collected and seen on a trip from Fort Snelling to Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, 9-28 July 1890, collector numbers collector numbers 7300 to 7349 (collector numbers are corrected in red to 7124 to 7168). The second, notes on plants, June 1888 to July 1889, seen or collected in Kanabec County, Minnesota, and other localities. The third, notes on the summer birds of Southeastern Minnesota: "these notes are made based on observations in marching 227 1/2 miles from Fort Snelling, Minnesota, to Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, with the 3d U. S. Infantry, occupying the period from July 8th to 24th, inclusive". In this list, birds are listed by scientific name, under which are listed collector numbers corresponding to that species. Root River is given as a locality for this list and collector numbers range from approximately 7279 to 7563.

Subjects

Camp Douglas , Field notes , Kanabec , Minnesota , Ornithology , root , United States , Wisconsin

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.160427