Catalogue of skins, 1879-1880, #1 - #343
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PrintThe field catalog documents the bird skin collection of Jonathan Dwight, 1879 - 1880. Pages are numbered. In the front of the book is a list of information types in entries: type of bird, colors per part of anatomy including iris, measurements per part, appearance, age, sex, stomach contents, locality including notes on habitat, dates, and remarks. Includes specimens 1 - 343 and multiple collectors. Locations include New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Maine, New Hampshire; New Brunswick, Canada. In the back of the notebook is a list years and months, counts and totals as well as a list of skins.
1879-1880
1879
1880
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SIA Acc. 95-044
Jonathan Dwight Notebooks and Catalogues, c. 1875-1886
1 field book
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 1 Folder 3