Podilymbus Podiceps : one pencil sketch

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Abstract

The pencil illustration may have been created in the field, documenting a fresh, juvenile specimen of Podilymbus podiceps collected in the Truckee River Valley, Nevada. The sketch includes small numbers on various facial features.

Date Range

1839, 1849-1851, 1855-1987

Start Date

1839

End Date

1987

Access Information

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Topic

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Ornithology

Place

  • United States
  • Nevada

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Illustrations

Accession #

SIA RU007215

Collection name

Collected Notes, Lists, and Catalogs on Birds, 1839, 1849-1851, 1855-1987

Physical Description

1 illustration

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 5 Folder 5