Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Birds
Sublocation:
Box 7 (SIA Box 14) Folder 8
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Arizona
Beaver Creek
San Francisco Mountain
Stoneman Lake
Date Range:
1887
Start Date:
18870524
End Date:
18870613
Abstract:
This item contains three and a half pages of notes on eggs Mearns collected on his San Francisco Mountain trip, 20 May to 20 June 1887. Specimens were collected 24 May to 13 June 1887. Localities where eggs were collected include "Stoneman's Lake", "Mogollon Mountains" (possibly referring to Mogollon Rim in Arizona), Mormon Lake, Beaver Creek (6 miles NW of Fort Verde), Summit Divide, and the western base and other parts of the San Francisco Mountains. Specimens include eggs from Fulica americana, Urnbitinga anthracina, Regulus calendula, Scolecophagus cyanocephalus, Xanthoeephalus xanthoeephalus, cCanocitta stelleri macrolopha, Myctale acadica, Callipepla gambeli, Vireo gilvas sevansoni, and Junico dorsalis (many).
