Details - Catalogue of birds in the Mearns collection

Catalogue of birds in the Mearns collection

Title

Catalogue of birds in the Mearns collection

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Contained In: Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated

Series: SIA RU007083

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

By

Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1875-1891

Notes

This unbound catalog of birds contains 767 pages divided among 13 folders. Each page represents the collections for a particular species. The list for each species includes a number (collector number?), sex and age of the specimen, location collected, date collected, museum collected for, and additional data. There is no discernible order to the catalog. Approximate year range for these collections is 1875-1891. Approximate range of collector numbers for these collections is 24 to 7564. Locations include Arizona, New York, Virginia, Labrador, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, New Mexico, and possibly other states. Common localities listed include Fort Verde (AZ), Peck's Lake (AZ), Fort Snelling (MN), Hudson River at Cornwall (NY), and Long Island (NY). Many other specific localities are also included.