Fort Totten bird and mammal notes and introduction to Smithsonian African Expedition

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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

1908

Notes

Mearns includes a narrative summary of the plans for the Smithsonian African Expedition including logistics and biographic information on participants such as President Theodore Roosevelt, his on Kermit, and colleagues Heller and Loring. Labels for birds collected by John Alden Loring and Edgar A. Mearns are included. Also contains a list of birds and mammals collected at Fort Totten, New York, 26 March to 17 November 1908 to : 6551-6591 (mammals); 15491 to 15504 (birds).

Subjects

Field notes , Mammalogy , Ornithology , Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 , Smithsonian African Expedition (1909)

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.161827