Manuscript notes on birds, incomplete

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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

1906-1907

Notes

This manuscript on birds Mearns collected in the Philippines in 1906 and 1907 contains a list of unidentified birds and alphabetical list of birds. The numbers following the bird entry are page numbers on which a description of that bird can be found in the manuscript. Pages are numbered 68 to 166. Each page contains the name of a species, under which collections of that species are noted with collector number, catalog number (USNM number), date, and locality information. Catalog numbers range approximately from 200889 to 208375. Localities in which birds were collected includes but is not limited to Palawan, Mindanao, Luzon Island, Mount Halcon, Basilan, Samar, Fuga Island, and Siassi [sic].

Subjects

Basilan , Field notes , Fuga Island , Halcon, Mount , Luzon , Mindanao , Ornithology , Palawan , Philippines , Samar , Siasi Island

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.160657