Ornithology at the U.S. National Museum of Natural History

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Summary

Describes the history of ornithology at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, at the Smithsonian, including the contributions of ornithologists from the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who worked in the Museum.

Subject

  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • United States Bureau of Biological Survey
  • United States National Museum Dept. of Birds
  • United States National Museum Dept. of Biology Division of Birds
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Birds

Category

Smithsonian History Bibliography

Notes

In Contributions to the History of North American Ornithology, edited by W. E. Davis, Jr., and J. A. Jackson.

Contained within

Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. number 12 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1995

Topic

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • History
  • Taxonomists
  • Ornithologists
  • Ornithology--History

Place

United States

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Classification

Physical description

Number of pages : 21; Page numbers : 33-54

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