Yuvini, Occabamba Pass, Tocopoqeuyu, no 3

Title Variants

Alternative: Heller, Edmund, Yale University and National Geographic Society Peruvian Expedition Mammal catalog, 1915 (2 of 2)

Related Titles

Contained In: Division of Mammals collection, Edmund Heller Field Books, 1898-1915

Series: SIA Acc. 12-212

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

By

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1914-1916

Notes

The journal documents Edmund Heller's field work, July 13 - August 10 (year not listed), for the National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvian Expedition, 1915. information is entered from the front and back of the notebook. Entries are dated. They describe weather, participants and staff, travel details (destinations, trails taken), daily work with times of day, specimens collected (sex, type, quantity), collecting methods, flora and fauna observed, and terrain. Entries also include elevations. Information beginning at the back of the notebook includes a list of specimen numbers and data, then divided subject (birds, mammals, reptiles) and subdivided by location. These lists include notes about abundance and habitat where collected. There are a significant number of notations / edits in red through out the journal. Locations include Yuvini, Occabamba Pass, Tocopoqeuyu, Uvini (Rio Cosireni).

Subjects

Cuzco , Field notes , Herpetology , Mammalogy , National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvi , Ornithology , Peru , Río Cosireni , Yale University }} lcsh?National Geographic Societ

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English