Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881 / by Edward W. Nelson ; edited by Henry W. Henshaw ; prepared under the direction of the Chief Signal Officer.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934.

Contributor:

Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930.

True, Frederick William, 1858-1914.

Bean, Tarleton H. (Tarleton Hoffman), 1846-1916.

Edwards, William H. (William Henry), 1822-1909.

Series:

Arctic series of publications issued in connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army ; no. 3.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.

Arctic series of publications issued in connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army ; no. 3

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zoology--Alaska.

Zoology.

Birds--Alaska--Bibliography.

Birds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p., [21] leaves of plates) : ill.

Other Title:

Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska

Place of Publication:

Washington : G.P.O., 1887.

Contents:

Letter of transmittal / by H.W. Henshaw

Narrative / by E.W. Nelson

pt. I. Birds of Alaska, with partial bibliography of Alaskan ornithology / by E.W. Nelson

pt. II. Mammals of northern Alaska / by E.W. Nelson and F.W. True

pt. III. Field notes on Alaskan fishes / by E.W. Nelson, with additional notes by T.H. Bean

pt. IV. Insects. Report upon the diurnal Lepidoptera collected in Alaska by E.W. Nelson / by W.H. Edwards.

Notes:

Partial bibliography of Alaskan ornithology: p. 223-226.

Includes index.

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.

OCLC:

875135250