Field notes, partial list of birds seen in Wisconsin, 1898

Title Variants

Alternative: Field notes, 1898

Related Titles

Contained In: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
Series: SIA RU007006
Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1898

Notes

Alexander Wetmore records counts of birds in Wisconsin in 1898. Observations were completed when he was 12 years old. The lists are at the beginning and end of the notebook. The majority of the center is blank. Lists include of birds' common names and a corresponding count. The list in the back is titled "birds seen in Wisconsin" and is broken down by type: Grebes, Loons, Yulls & Terns, Cormorants, Pelicans, Mergansers, Ducks, Mallards, Geese, Swans, Herons, Cranes, Rails, etc. Some headings are empty, others like Wood Warblers fill several pages.

Subjects

Field notes , Ornithology , United States , Wisconsin

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122990