Notes on the Xantus Tradition

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Summary

Details the life of John Xantus de Veysey (1825-1894), a Hungarian, who made extensive ornithological collections in the southwestern United States and his correspondence with other naturalists, especially Spencer Fullerton Baird and others at the Smithsonian Institution.

Subject

  • Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887
  • Xantus, John

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

The Condor Vol. 36 (Journal)

Contact information

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

Date

1934

Topic

  • Animals
  • Secretaries
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Birds
  • National Collections
  • Ornithology

Physical description

pp. 191-201

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