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Ornithology -- History -- 19th Century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur L. Reagh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2023-02-01
Content Description

This collection contains 2 notebooks of handwritten ornithological sightings from West Roxbury, Massachusetts, dating from 1885-1901, 1 notebook of histology laboratory from 1894-1895 containing detailed illustrations of microscopic biological tissues, and a compilation of Pasquaney nature lectures series from 1897.

Dates: 1885 - 1897

On the Tarsus and Carpus of Birds, 1867 - 1872

 Item
Scope and Contents This volume first contains the publication On the Tarsus and Carpus of Birds, by Edward S. Morse and published from the Annals of the Lyceum Natural History in New York. Following that are numerous drawings of the bones of various birds and other animals pasted into the pages, and some illustrated book plates. There are also numerous letters, both loose and pasted into the pages, pencil and pen drawings, drafts of at least one presentation, and sections of other publications. Drawings and...
Dates: 1867 - 1872