Details - Field notes, September 29, 1906 - August 4, 1907 : volume 2, October 30 - December 10, 1906, Mt. Halcon trip

Field notes, September 29, 1906 - August 4, 1907 : volume 2, October 30 - December 10, 1906, Mt. Halcon trip

Title

Field notes, September 29, 1906 - August 4, 1907 : volume 2, October 30 - December 10, 1906, Mt. Halcon trip

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Contained In: Edgar Alexander Mearns field books, 1892-1910, from the Department of Botany

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

1906

Notes

This field book is volume 2 of 6 volumes. This volume contains notes documenting a collecting trip to the Mount Halcon region in the Philippines Mearns conducted to collect birds and mammals from 30 October to 16 December 1906 (the cover of the journal incorrectly provides a December 10 end date). Diary like entries are given in the front of the book, and specimen lists are provided toward the back of the book. Collector numbers 14451 to 14596 (birds) and 6301 to 6347 (mammals) are included. Measurements for specimens are included. Localities include but are not limited to Mount Halcon, Alag River, Mangyan Hill (Buena Vista), Calapan (Mindoro Island), and Corregador Island. Narrative itinerary is included.