Box 01
Container
Contains 13 Results:
Heath Hen Report #1 by Federation of the Bird Clubs of N.E. Inc. L.B. Fletcher, Sec'y 1925-1933, 1925 - 1933
Item — Box: 01, Folder: 11
Content Description
From the Collection:
The heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) is a now extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken. While at one point extremely common, the birds became locally extinct on the mainland and only existed on Martha's Vineyard by the late 1800s. The continuing decline was noticed by ornithologist Alfred Otto Gross, who reported his observations to the Federation of the Bird Clubs of New England in 1925. The Federation then took immediate action to try to preserve the remaining birds through...
Dates:
1925 - 1933
Heath Hen Report #2 by Federation of the Bird Clubs of N.E. Inc. L.B. Fletcher, Sec'y 1925-1933, 1925 - 1933
Item — Box: 01, Folder: 12
Content Description
From the Collection:
The heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) is a now extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken. While at one point extremely common, the birds became locally extinct on the mainland and only existed on Martha's Vineyard by the late 1800s. The continuing decline was noticed by ornithologist Alfred Otto Gross, who reported his observations to the Federation of the Bird Clubs of New England in 1925. The Federation then took immediate action to try to preserve the remaining birds through...
Dates:
1925 - 1933
Warden McLeod’s Heath Hen Report Federation of the Bird Clubs of New England Inc. 1925-1926 , 1925 - 1926
Item — Box: 01, Folder: 13
Content Description
From the Collection:
The heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) is a now extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken. While at one point extremely common, the birds became locally extinct on the mainland and only existed on Martha's Vineyard by the late 1800s. The continuing decline was noticed by ornithologist Alfred Otto Gross, who reported his observations to the Federation of the Bird Clubs of New England in 1925. The Federation then took immediate action to try to preserve the remaining birds through...
Dates:
1925 - 1926