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Joseph Rock specimen labels from China, circa 1923, part 1

by: Rock, Joseph Francis Charles 1884-1962

Publication date: 1923

Topics: Ornithology, China

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English; Chinese

[Specimen?] labels of Joseph Rock for birds collected in Likiang [current: Lijiang?] Snow Range (in Yunnan) and possibly other Chinese localities. Most labels are dated 1923, although labels from the previous or follow year may be found. Labels are divided into 8 envelopes, each containing approximately 100 [USNM catalog ?] numbers. Information on each label may include collector number (two numbers: one possibly collector number, the other, possibly catalog number), sex, date, locality, elevation, physical description (including colors), and additional notes. Some labels are written in Chinese. Envelopes are 296024-296099; 296100-296199; 296200-296299; 296300-296399; 296400-296499; 296500-296599; 296600-296697; 296700-296799

Abstract: [Specimen?] labels of Joseph Rock for birds collected in Likiang [current: Lijiang?] Snow Range (in Yunnan) and possibly other Chinese localities. Most labels are dated 1923, although labels from the previous or follow year may be found. Labels are divided into 8 envelopes, each containing approximately 100 [USNM catalog ?] numbers. Information on each label may include collector number (two numbers: one possibly collector number, the other, possibly catalog number), sex, date, locality, elevation, physical description (including colors), and additional notes. Some labels are written in Chinese. Envelopes are 296024-296099; 296100-296199; 296200-296299; 296300-296399; 296400-296499; 296500-296599; 296600-296697; 296700-296799.