Title
Catalog of fishes and mammals, Point Barrow Polar Expedition, 1881-1883
Title Variants
Alternative:
No. 3, fishes and mammals [aloglaami?], 1882-3
Related Titles
Contained In:
John Murdoch journals, 1881-1883
Series:
SIA RU007203
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Murdoch, John, 1852-1925
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1882-1883
Notes
This field book contains John Murdoch's catalogue on fishes and mammals made by the Point Barrow Polar Expedition, 1881-1883. Collections are from Alaska (possibly near Point Barrow) between approximately 10 February 1882 to 16 September 1883. Catalogue contains specimen number, binomial, name in another language (possibly Iñupiaq), date, and a second set of numbers abbreviated "mt". Fish specimen are recorded on pages 1 and 2 with numbers ranging from 576 to 1769. Mammal specimen are recorded on pages 65-72 with numbers ranging from 509-1541. These also include weight of the specimen.
Subjects
Alaska
,
Field notes
,
Ichthyology
,
International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Al
,
Mammalogy
,
Naturalists
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.150047
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