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 9 (SIA Box 16) Folder 9
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Fort Clark
Texas
California
San Clemente Island
Fort Hancock
Date Range:
1897-1898
Start Date:
1897
End Date:
1898
Abstract:
This item contains four letters. Mearns to Stejneger: regarding reptiles and batrachians from Fort Clark and Fort Hancock, Texas, for that department's reports on their Mexican Boundary collections, July [189?]. Grinnell to Mearns: regarding shrikes from San Clemente Island (California), 4 August, 1897. Beck to Mearns: about bird specimens sent to Mearns and discussing the possibility of trading, 20 April 1898. Ridgeway to Mearns: comparing Mearns's type of Lanius ludvicianus anthonyi to the type for L. l. gambeli and other notes on birds, 6 May 1898.
