Mearns, Edgar A. and Holzner, Frank X., Mexican Boundary Survey, 1893 - 1895

Related Titles

Contained In: Division of Mammals collection, Edgar Alexander Mearns Field Books, 1872 - 1893

Series: SIA Acc. 12-263

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Holzner, Frank X.

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1893-1895

Notes

This catalog documents Edgar A. Mearns' and Frank X. Holzner's collecting during the Mexican Boundary Survey, 1893-1895. Pages are numbered. Includes notes with dated entries detailing weather, observed flora and fauna, abundance / rarity, wildlife behavior, habitat (including sketches), campsites. There are descriptions of fossil beds in Guadalupe Canyon, trees in various specified localities. The catalog lists specimen number, date, name (scientific), age, sex, locality, 4 measurements, and remarks that describe specimen appearance, additional measurements. Entries for numbers 2418 - 3976 include 22 different measurements. Locations include but are not limited to Arizona, California, Texas, United States; Sonora, Mexico.

Subjects

Arizona , Botany , California , Field notes , Herpetology , Mammalogy , Mexico , Paleontology , Sonora , Texas , United States , United States-Mexican International Boundary Surve

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English