Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Mammals
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Canada
Date Range:
1892-1911
Start Date:
18920616
End Date:
19110504
Abstract:
The field catalog documents the mammals collected by Edward Alexander Preble across the United States and Canada, June 16, 1892 - May 4, 1911. Pages are numbered. Multiple catalogs have been bound together; pagination restarts with each catalog. Entries cover USNM catalog numbers (non consecutive), original number (1 - 5648), sex, name of species, locality (town, county, state), date, measurements (total length, tail vertebrae, hind foot), and remarks. Remarks include a combination of details about specimen preparation, specimen condition, habitat (i.e. edge of salt meadow), vegetation, collector, altitude, whether topotype, time of day collected, and notes on specimen exchanges. Locations include Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming, United States; British Columbia, Canada.
