Journal

Title Variants

Alternative: General log and notes on Persian Gulf and Jeddah (Jidda) on the Red Sea

Related Titles

Contained In: Donald S. Erdman Papers, 1948

Series: SIA RU007428

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

By

Erdman, Donald S.

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1948

Notes

English

Erdman's incredibly rich, daily, narrative log of collecting events and observations he and his assistant Hussein made in the Persian Gulf and Jeddah regions from 3 March to 16 August 1948. Erdman's collecting notes focus mostly on fish (approximately numbers U-48-1 to U-48-137 included). Erdman occasionally notes weather conditions, coordinates, and details about specimens. Erdman's notes also document collecting or observations of other specimens such as coral, shrimp, crab, mollusks, sea mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Sketches of a variety of sea life and birds are included throughout the journal. Some specific localities include Al Khobar, Tarut Bay, Zaal, and El Azzizia. Erdman also includes observations and sketches of activities of local inhabitants and reference notes on fish.

Subjects

Field notes , Fisheries , Herpetology , Ichthyology , Invertebrates , Jiddah , Ornithology , Persian Gulf , Red Sea , Saudi Arabia , Sketches

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.96960