Title
Catalogue of specimens by Edgar A. Mearns collected on the Mexican-United States International Boundary Commission, February 1, 1892-March 19, 1894
Related Titles
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
1892-1894
Notes
Catalogue of bird specimens by Edgar A. Mearns collected on the Mexican-United States International Boundary Commission, 1 February 1892 to 19 March 1894. Includes data on locality and measurements. Most of the entries were written by Mearn's son, Louis di Zerega Mearns. Collector numbers include 7566-10378. Localities include but are not limited to El Paso (TX), Juarez (Chihuahua, Mexico), references to "monument" numbers (surveying markers), Carrizalillo Mountain (MBL), Dog Springs (Grant Co., NM), Fort Clark (TX), San Bernardino River (MBL), and Tule Wells (Yuma, AZ). List of mammals, collector numbers 1412 to 3535, is also included. Another list (perhaps related to main catalogue) with measurements, Mexico and Texas, collector numbers 7650 to 7848 (birds), is also included.
Subjects
Arizona
,
Ciudad Juárez
,
El Paso
,
Field notes
,
Fort Clark
,
Mexico
,
Nariz, Sierra de la
,
New Mexico
,
Ornithology
,
Texas
,
United States
,
United States-Mexican International Boundary Surve
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.160742
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