Notebook, mammals, 1903

Related Titles

Contained In: A. Remington Kellogg Papers, circa 1903-1969, with related papers to 1982

Series: SIA RU007434

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

By

Kellogg, Remington, 1892-1969

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1903-1910

Notes

This field book consists of the field notes of Remington Kellogg on mammals, fish, and birds observed and collected in Kansas and possibly other locations, 1903. Some notes are dated 1907 and 1910. Several entries include Kellogg's observations of live specimens including opossum mother and offspring and a lamprey eel. The entries include narrative descriptions of observed appearance and behavior, and measurements. Kellogg also includes an entry on a beaver, including measurements and dissection notes. Also includes recipes and directions for making baits for rabbits, muskrats, meadow mice, rats, coyotes and wolves, cetellus, pocket gophers, prairie dogs, (possibly transcribed from another source).A short list of birds observed (and possibly collected) is included, along with velocity. Localities include Lawrence (KS) and possibly others.

Subjects

Account book , Field notes , Ichthyology , Itineraries , Kansas , Lawrence , Mammalogy , Opossums , Ornithology , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.169301