Field notebook, 1963 (Bristol Foster, Helmut K. Buechner, and Walter Leuthold)
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PrintThe notebook documents field work on Kob completed by Bristol Foster, Helmut K. Buechner, and Walter Leuthold, 1963. Notes include lists of data for lion kills (date, place, sex, toto); dated entries listing quantity, age, sex, and location of animals killed by lions; record of recent kills with date, age, sex, characteristics and condition of body including some measurements or weight, location, predator, and estimated time of kill. A section of the notebook is blank. Also includes tabbed section with details on leopard kills (date, place sex, toto); unidentified table of data with time of day (possibly temperatures in Fahrenheit); kills by unknown predator (date, place, sex, toto); captures for zoo with sex, weight, and basic physical characteristics; and "meat to hotel" with date, and weight. Sites likely in Kenya.
1963
1963
1963
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Mammalogy
Kenya
SIA RU007279
Helmut Karl Buechner Papers, 1939-1975
1 field book
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 16 Folder 3