Spalding-Peterson Expedition : field catalogue (Australia + New Guinea)

By

Peterson, Russell Francis.

American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy. Field Book Collection.
Spalding-Peterson Expedition 1959-

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[1959]

Notes

Pen and pencil in spiral bound notebook.

Numbered pages are marked on verso.

Field collection catalog of mainly mammals for dates May 21 to August 17, 1959 while Peterson acted as zoologist on the Spalding-Peterson Expedition. This expedition aimed to complete the collection work begun during the 5th Archbold Expedition to New Guinea. Information listed is field number, name, sex, date, locality, museum catalogue number (added later); elevation, measurements and notes. Field numbers 0001-0458 are included in the catalog. At rear of volume are tallied lists of specimens organized by both species and type of storage. Locations in both Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea include Koombooloomba, Chillagoe, Mt. Garnet, Einasleigh, Karumba, Mungana, Lappa Junction, Nondugl, Mt. Hagen, Port Moresby, and Clump Point.

Cataloged through a 2015 Leon Levy Foundation Archives grant.

Subjects

(1959) , Australia , Description and travel , Field notes , Mammals , Papua New Guinea , Peterson, Russell Francis , Queensland , Scientific Expeditions , Spalding-Peterson Expedition , Travel

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.135398
OCLC: 961273509
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51409017