Title
Birds collected by the Childs Frick Expedition to Africa, volume II, June 3 - October 11, 1912
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
1912
Notes
This is volume two of list of birds Mearns collected for the Childs Frick Expedition to Africa, volume I, 3 June to 11 October 1912. Collector numbers 22061 to 24219 are included. Sometimes Mearns's descriptions include physical descriptions of specimens including color and occasionally the behavior of the bird and how common it is. Localities include but are not limited to Yebo (currently Yebu), Wobok, Hor, Mount Indunumara, Guaso Nyiro River (currently Ewaso Ngiro), and Jana River. A two page hand written narrative summary of the Childs Frck African Expedition is inserted at the end of the book.
Subjects
Childs Frick Abyssinian Expedition
,
Ethiopia
,
Field notes
,
Kenya
,
Ng'iro, Ewaso
,
Ornithology
,
Yebu
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.161765
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