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18 photographs of Philippines

Collection name:
Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
Physical Description:
18 photographs
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Birds
Sublocation:
Box 16 (SIA Box 23) Folder 1
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Philippines
Mindanao
Benguet
Date Range:
1902-1907
Start Date:
1902
End Date:
1907
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Botany  Search this
Filipinos  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
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Smithsonian Field Book Project
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edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI3668

A book of ornithology, for youth : embracing descriptions of the most interesting and remarkable birds in all countries, with particular notices of American birds : illustrated by numerous engravings

Title:
Ornithology for youth
Author:
Goodrich, Samuel G (Samuel Griswold) 1793-1860  Search this
Former owner:
Grant, Ulysses S (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885 DSI  Search this
Wetmore, Alexander 1886-1978 DSI  Search this
Dwight, Jonathan 1858-1929 DSI  Search this
Tucker, Marcia Brady DSI  Search this
Clark, A. H. DSI  Search this
Clark, L. DSI  Search this
Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916 DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
Grant, Chapman 1887- DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xii, [13]-322 p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 16 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Date:
1832
Topic:
Birds  Search this
Natural history  Search this
Animals  Search this
Call number:
QL676 .B72 1832
QL676.B72 1832
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_143179

A geological account of the United States : comprehending a short description of their animal, vegetable, and mineral productions, antiquities, and curiosities / by James Mease

Title:
Account of the United states of North America, &c
Author:
Mease, James 1771-1846  Search this
Illustrator:
Barralet, John James approximately 1747-1815  Search this
Engraver:
Murray, George -1822  Search this
Lawson, Alexander 1773-1846  Search this
Former owner:
Mason, George C (George Champlin) 1820-1894 DSI  Search this
Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
4 preliminary leaves, 496, xiv pages, 5 leaves of plates illustrations 15 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
United States
Date:
1807
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Call number:
QH104 .M43 1807
QH104.M48
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_119629

A list of the birds observed on Conanicut Island, Rhode Island

Collection name:
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 10 (SIA Box 17) Folder 2
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Rhode Island
Conanicut Island
Date Range:
1899-1902
Start Date:
18991100
End Date:
19020300
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Mearns, Louis di Zerega
Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI3274

A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans / by John Gould, F.L.S

Title:
Ramphastidae, or family of toucans
Toucans and trogons DSI
Publisher:
Gould, John 1804-1881  Search this
Dedicatee:
Temminck, C. J (Coenraad Jacob) 1778-1858  Search this
Author:
Supplement (work): Gould, John 1804-1881 Supplement to the first edition of A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans  Search this
Container of (work): Owen, Richard 1804-1892 Observations on the anatomy of the toucan  Search this
Lithographer:
Gould, Elizabeth 1804-1841  Search this
Lear, Edward 1812-1888  Search this
Illustrator:
Scharf, George 1788-1860  Search this
Colorist:
Bayfield, Gabriel 1781-1870  Search this
Printer of plates:
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph 1789-1850  Search this
Associated name:
Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916 DSI  Search this
Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[81] leaves, 34 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly in color) ; 57 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Identification
Classification
Field guides
Date:
1833
1835
Topic:
Toucans  Search this
Birds in art  Search this
Call number:
QL696.P57 G697 1833
QL696.P57G697
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_128706

A natural history of birds : most of which have not been figur'd or describ'd, and others very little known from obsure or too brief descriptions without figures, or from figures very ill design'd ... / by George Edwards

Author:
Edwards, George 1694-1773  Search this
Former owner:
Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
4 v., 211 leaves of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 32 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Date:
1743
1751
1743-1751
Topic:
Birds  Search this
Zoology  Search this
Call number:
QL674 .E26
QL674.E26
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_129937

A new geographical, historical, and commercial grammar and present state of the several kingdoms of the world ... / by William Guthrie ..., the astronomical part by James Ferguson ... ; to which have been added the late discoveries of Dr. Herschell ..

Author:
Guthrie, William 1708-1770  Search this
Knox, John 1720-1790  Search this
Ferguson, James 1710-1776  Search this
Former owner:
Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
v, [1], [7]-12, [4], 965 p., [24] leaves of plates (23 folded) : ill., 1 chart, 22 maps ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1794
17th-18th century
Topic:
Geography  Search this
Call number:
G114 .G98 1794
G114.G98 1794
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_146628

A nomenclature of colors for naturalists and compendium of useful knowledge for ornithologists by Robert Ridgway ; with ten colored plates and seven plates of outline illustrations

Author:
Ridgway, Robert 1850-1929  Search this
Former owner:
Goode, G. Brown (George Brown),) 1851-1896 DSI  Search this
Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916 DSI  Search this
Miller, Gerrit S (Gerrit Smith),) 1869-1956 DSI  Search this
Wetmore, Alexander 1886-1978 DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
Ridgway, Robert 1850-1929 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
129 pages, XVII leaves of plates illustrations (some color) 22 cm
Type:
Terminology
Date:
1886
Topic:
Birds--Anatomy  Search this
Birds--Color  Search this
Color in nature  Search this
Color  Search this
Colors  Search this
Ornithology--Terminology  Search this
Watercolor painting--Technique  Search this
Zoological specimens  Search this
Ornithology  Search this
Call number:
QL45 .R54 1886
QL767 .R54 1886
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_272608

Additional data on the second Taraca expedition, Island of Mindanao, March 30 - April 12, 1904

Collection name:
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 14 (SIA Box 21) Folder 19
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Diary
Place:
Philippines
Taraka
Mindanao
Date Range:
1904
Start Date:
19040330
End Date:
19040412
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
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edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI3530

Additional notes on the Aguson expedition, (notes of an expedition from Zamboanga to Baganga), April 22 - May 14, 1904

Collection name:
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 14 (SIA Box 21) Folder 20
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Diary
Place:
Philippines
Zamboanga
Baganga River
Mainit, Lake
Jimenez
Date Range:
1904
Start Date:
19040422
End Date:
19040514
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
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edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI3531

American Ornithologists' Union Committee on Migration, Fort Lyon, Colorado, by Platt M. Thorne, 1886

Collection name:
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 6
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Colorado
Fort Lyon
Date Range:
1886
Start Date:
1886
End Date:
1886
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI3115

Animal biography, or, Authentic anecdotes of the lives, manners, and economy, of the animal creation : arranged according to the system of Linnaeus / by the Rev. W. Bingley ; in three volumes

Title:
Animal biography
Authentic anecdotes of the lives, manners and economy, of the animal creation
Bingley's Animal biography DSI
Author:
Bingley, William 1774-1823  Search this
Former owner:
Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
3 v. ; 22 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1804
Topic:
Zoology  Search this
Animal behavior  Search this
Call number:
QL50 .B613 1804
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_499964

Annotated list of the birds of the vicinity of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, compiled between June 10 and July 26, 1886

Collection name:
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 8 (SIA Box 15) Folder 3
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Minnesota
Date Range:
1886
Start Date:
18860610
End Date:
18860726
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Wakefield, Julius R.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI3207

Arctic zoology ..

Author:
Pennant, Thomas 1726-1798  Search this
Illustrator:
Brown, P.  Search this
Cordiner, Charles 1746?-1794  Search this
Griffith, Moses 1747-1819  Search this
Low, G.  Search this
Paillore, P.  Search this
Stubbs, George 1724-1806  Search this
Engraver:
Mazell, Peter active 1761-1797  Search this
Former owner:
Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916 DSI  Search this
Dwight, Jonathan 1858-1929 DSI  Search this
Tucker, Marcia Brady DSI  Search this
Blackwell, Lambert Sir 1732-1801 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. ([8], CC, [6], 185, [1]; [187]-586, [14] p., XXIII [i.e. 24] leaves of plates (1 folded)) : ill. (etchings) ; 30 cm. (4to)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Place:
Arctic regions
North America
Date:
1784
1785
1784-1785
Topic:
Zoology  Search this
Birds  Search this
Animals  Search this
Call number:
QL105 .P412 1784
QL105.P412 1784
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_436969

Arrival of birds in the spring of 1871-1873, time of breeding of birds, 1872-1873, resident birds throughout the winter of 1874, measurements of birds shot, January 28, 1873-November 5, 1874

Collection name:
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 3 (SIA Box 10) Folder 4
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Date Range:
1871-1874
Start Date:
1871
End Date:
1874
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI2897

Barometer and thermometer readings from the Mt. Apo expedition, June 9 - July 24, 1904

Collection name:
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 16 (SIA Box 23) Folder 6
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Philippines
Mindanao
Apo, Mount
Date Range:
1904
Start Date:
19040609
End Date:
19040724
Topic:
Surveying  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI3669

Biological exploration of Mt. Kenia

Collection name:
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 17 (SIA Box 24) Folder 9
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Kenya
Kirinyaga
Date Range:
1909
Start Date:
19090918
End Date:
19091018
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Mammalogy  Search this
Herpetology  Search this
Invertebrates  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
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Smithsonian African Expedition (1909)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI3718

Bird data for Dr. Charles Wallace Richmond regarding bird skins that were left at the Philippine Bureau of Science for further study

Collection name:
Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
Physical Description:
1 folder
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Birds
Sublocation:
Box 12 (SIA Box 19) Folder 11
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Philippines
Date Range:
1902-1907
Start Date:
1902
End Date:
1907
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Division of Birds at (202) 633-0800 to make an appointment.
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI3809

Bird lists and measurements, 1873 to 1880

Collection name:
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 1 (SIA Box 8) Folder 4
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
New York
Date Range:
1873-1880
Start Date:
1873
End Date:
1880
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI2849

Birds and eggs sent to R. P. Nicholls

Collection name:
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 1 (SIA Box 8) Folder 2
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
New York
Date Range:
1872-1878
Start Date:
1872
End Date:
1878
Topic:
Ornithology  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU007083
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Division of Birds at (202) 633-0800 to make an appointment.
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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI2847

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