Title
Yuvini, Occabamba Pass, Tocopoqeuyu, no 3
Title Variants
Alternative:
Heller, Edmund, Yale University and National Geographic Society Peruvian Expedition Mammal catalog, 1915 (2 of 2)
Related Titles
Contained In:
Division of Mammals collection, Edmund Heller Field Books, 1898-1915
Series:
SIA Acc. 12-212
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1914-1916
Notes
The journal documents Edmund Heller's field work, July 13 - August 10 (year not listed), for the National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvian Expedition, 1915. information is entered from the front and back of the notebook. Entries are dated. They describe weather, participants and staff, travel details (destinations, trails taken), daily work with times of day, specimens collected (sex, type, quantity), collecting methods, flora and fauna observed, and terrain. Entries also include elevations. Information beginning at the back of the notebook includes a list of specimen numbers and data, then divided subject (birds, mammals, reptiles) and subdivided by location. These lists include notes about abundance and habitat where collected. There are a significant number of notations / edits in red through out the journal. Locations include Yuvini, Occabamba Pass, Tocopoqeuyu, Uvini (Rio Cosireni).
Subjects
Cuzco
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Field notes
,
Herpetology
,
Mammalogy
,
National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvi
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Ornithology
,
Peru
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Río Cosireni
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BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
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