Catalogue of birds collected on Smithsonian African Expedition, volume 1, March 29, 1909 - September 8, 1909

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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

1908-1909

Notes

Volume 1 of a catalogue of birds Mearns, Heller, and Loring collected on the Smithsonian African Expedition from 29 March to 8 September 1909. Collector numbers 15506-16700 are included, and correlating USNM catalog numbers have been added for most of the specimens. Localities where specimens were collected include Kapiti Plains Station (Kapiti is currently Ilkaputiei), Kitunga, N’guasso Nyiro River, Lake Nauraischa, Nairobi, Fayal Island (Azores), Suez Canal (Currently), and Aden (S. center Arabia). A feather inserted at page 106-107. Also includes four envelopes of labels for birds collected by John Alden Loring and Edgar A. Mearns and birds collected at Fort Totten, New York, from 26 March to 3 November 1908, collector numbers 15490-15505.

Subjects

'Adan , Egypt , Field notes , Ilkaputiei , Kenya , Nairobi , Ornithology , Smithsonian African Expedition (1909) , Suways, Qan t as- , Yemen

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.161830