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Collection name:
Edmund Heller Papers, circa 1898-1918
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 7 Folder 5
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Peru
Ocobamba
Ollantaytambo
Bolivia
Juvenil
Machupicchu
Cuzco
Date Range:
1914-1915
Start Date:
1914
End Date:
1915
Abstract:
List of birds collected by Heller in Peru during the National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvian Expedition, 1915. Includes 2 lists. The small notebook pages includes numbered lists of birds (with common name) headed by location, including Ocobamba Pass, and subheaded by old collection, new, and birds seen. Several locations are unidentifiable. The larger notebook pages are headed by family and pages are numbered. They list number, type, sex, date, location, and elevation. Locations include Rio Casireni (Juvenil, Bolivia); Ollantaytambo, Occobamba, and Macchupichu, Peru.
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007179
Access Information:
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See more records from this collection:
Edmund Heller Papers, circa 1898-1918
See more records associated with this person:
Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939
See more records associated with this expedition:
National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvian Expedition, 1915
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI2721