Title
Notebook, mammals, 1903
Related Titles
Contained In:
A. Remington Kellogg Papers, circa 1903-1969, with related papers to 1982
Series:
SIA RU007434
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Kellogg, Remington, 1892-1969
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1903-1910
Notes
This field book consists of the field notes of Remington Kellogg on mammals, fish, and birds observed and collected in Kansas and possibly other locations, 1903. Some notes are dated 1907 and 1910. Several entries include Kellogg's observations of live specimens including opossum mother and offspring and a lamprey eel. The entries include narrative descriptions of observed appearance and behavior, and measurements. Kellogg also includes an entry on a beaver, including measurements and dissection notes. Also includes recipes and directions for making baits for rabbits, muskrats, meadow mice, rats, coyotes and wolves, cetellus, pocket gophers, prairie dogs, (possibly transcribed from another source).A short list of birds observed (and possibly collected) is included, along with velocity. Localities include Lawrence (KS) and possibly others.
Subjects
Account book
,
Field notes
,
Ichthyology
,
Itineraries
,
Kansas
,
Lawrence
,
Mammalogy
,
Opossums
,
Ornithology
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.169301
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