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Mearns, Edgar A. and Holzner, Frank X., Mexican Boundary Survey, 1893 - 1895

by: Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916; Holzner, Frank X

Publication date: 1893

Topics: United States-Mexican International Boundary Survey, 1891-1894, Mammalogy, Paleontology, Botany, Herpetology, United States, Mexico, Sonora, Arizona, California, Texas

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

This catalog documents Edgar A. Mearns' and Frank X. Holzner's collecting during the Mexican Boundary Survey, 1893-1895. Pages are numbered. Includes notes with dated entries detailing weather, observed flora and fauna, abundance / rarity, wildlife behavior, habitat (including sketches), campsites. There are descriptions of fossil beds in Guadalupe Canyon, trees in various specified localities. The catalog lists specimen number, date, name (scientific), age, sex, locality, 4 measurements, and remarks that describe specimen appearance, additional measurements. Entries for numbers 2418 - 3976 include 22 different measurements. Locations include but are not limited to Arizona, California, Texas, United States; Sonora, Mexico

Abstract: This catalog documents Edgar A. Mearns' and Frank X. Holzner's collecting during the Mexican Boundary Survey, 1893-1895. Pages are numbered. Includes notes with dated entries detailing weather, observed flora and fauna, abundance / rarity, wildlife behavior, habitat (including sketches), campsites. There are descriptions of fossil beds in Guadalupe Canyon, trees in various specified localities. The catalog lists specimen number, date, name (scientific), age, sex, locality, 4 measurements, and remarks that describe specimen appearance, additional measurements. Entries for numbers 2418 - 3976 include 22 different measurements. Locations include but are not limited to Arizona, California, Texas, United States; Sonora, Mexico.