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Colombia, 1941 : to collect bird specimens for the USNM; Accompanied by Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr. Correspondence, film notes, reference materials, and a field report; Correspondents include Carriker, Ventura Barnes, Jr., Armando Dugand, F. Carlos Lehmann V., William H. Phelps, William Wilson Popenoe, and James Zetek

by: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978; Carriker, Melbourne Armstrong, 1879-1965

Publication date: 1940

Topics: United States National Museum, Expedition to Guajira Peninsula, Colombia (1941), Ornithology, Colombia, La Guajira, Península de, Perijá, Sierra de

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English; Spanish

Alexander Wetmore traveled to Colombia in 1941 to collect bird specimens for the US National Museum. He was accompanied by Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr. Materials include correspondence, list of supplies, specimen list (number, sex, type and location, elevation), radiograms, film notes, reference materials, and a field report. Correspondents include Carriker, Ventura Barnes, Jr., Armando Dugand, F. Carlos Lehmann V., William H. Phelps, William Wilson Popenoe, and James Zetek. Field report describes the Expedition to Guajira Peninsula, Colombia (1941) involving , Wetmore, M.A. Carriker, F. Carlos Lehmann V (Curator of Ornithology in the Instituto do Ciencias Naturales of the national University in Bogotá), and Teniente Alejandro Rubiano (Batallón de Córdoba of Santa Marta as government representative). Also includes materials from the VIII American Scientific Congress

Abstract: Alexander Wetmore traveled to Colombia in 1941 to collect bird specimens for the US National Museum. He was accompanied by Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr. Materials include correspondence, list of supplies, specimen list (number, sex, type and location, elevation), radiograms, film notes, reference materials, and a field report. Correspondents include Carriker, Ventura Barnes, Jr., Armando Dugand, F. Carlos Lehmann V., William H. Phelps, William Wilson Popenoe, and James Zetek. Field report describes the Expedition to Guajira Peninsula, Colombia (1941) involving , Wetmore, M.A. Carriker, F. Carlos Lehmann V (Curator of Ornithology in the Instituto do Ciencias Naturales of the national University in Bogotá), and Teniente Alejandro Rubiano (Batallón de Córdoba of Santa Marta as government representative). Also includes materials from the VIII American Scientific Congress.