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PrintField journal recording bird notes from 4 April to 27 September of an unknown year. Includes descriptions, sometimes measurements, behavior of specimens, and some indication of quantity. Names of specimens are not given in text, but are occasionally added within the margins of the notebook. Descriptions are chronologically organized and listed by their number (collector numbers?). Localities in which birds were collected is unknown.
1836-1897
1836
1897
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SIA Acc. 12-279
Charles Bendire Field Books, circa 1865-1896, from the Division of Birds
1 field book
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Birds
Box 1