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Ornithology.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

A display of the boat billed heron, cochlearius cochlearius

 Collection — Manuscript box 55 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065252375]
Identifier: 3094
Scope and content

Manuscript and photographs regarding Rand's article which appeared in THE AUK, Vol. 83, No. 2, May 11, 1966.

Dates: 1966.

Albert Rich Brand papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-18-899
Abstract

Brand's papers relating to ornithology.

Dates: 1928-1940.

Alexander Dawes DuBois papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3803
Abstract

Patents, articles and clippings concerning electrical engineering; correspondence with Arthur A. Allen, catalog of glass negatives and photo albums.

Dates: 1890-1977.

Amelia Heydweiller field notes

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064720125]
Identifier: 21-18-1212
Scope and content

Includes Amelia Marguerite Heydweiller's (later Baumgartner) ornithological field notes relating to the Spizella Arborea (tree sparrow) in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Dates: 1933-1934.

Aretas Saunders Field Notes

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4749
Scope and content

Aretas Saunders' original field notes and figures.

Dates: ca. 1910-1950.

Asa Fitch papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064938180]
Identifier: 755
Scope and content Miscellaneous papers of Asa Fitch of Washington County include notes on ornithology, 1837; undated notes on medicine, chemistry, astronomy, and entomology; drafts of Stillwater Lyceum lectures on temperance and other subjects, 1830s; address before the Executive Committee of the New York State Agricultural Society, 1843; and other notes on his agricultural interests. There is also a diary, 1863-65, of Fitch's daughter, Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. Lemuel) Poates of Bolton, Mississippi, describing...
Dates: [ca. 1831-1957]; -1831-1865 (bulk)

C. Hart Merriam papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064943511]
Identifier: 2805
Scope and content

Observations of bird life in New York State; correspondence with other ornithologists, including Franklin Root Rathbun, who wrote a REVISED LIST OF BIRDS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK, and W. B. Barrows of Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, New York.

Dates: 1854-1902,-1869-1887 (bulk).

Cayuga Bird Club records

 Collection
Identifier: 1996
Abstract

Minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, photographs, and printed material concerning the Cayuga Bird Club. Includes the club's constitution (ca. 1913) and papers of incorporation (1914); Arthur Allen's article "Cayuga Bird Club"; and correspondence of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the club's first president, including letters to him from Jared T. Newman concerning Renwick Woodland improvement.

Dates: 1913-1997.

Cayuga Lake Basin phenological charts

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1 (positive)
Identifier: 21-18-mf.47
Scope and content

Records of bird observations in Cayuga Lake Basin Area. Also includes records of vertebrates, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.

Dates: 1906-1957.

Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates Ornithological collection

 Collection
Identifier: 49-3-4661
Content Description

Approximately 325 digital items representing a subset of the ornithological collection, including nests, eggs, extended wings, skeletons, and study-skin specimens, at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates (CUMV). The specimens chosen for digitization highlight the diversity of avian specimen types housed at the CUMV and illustrate how different specimens facilitate research, inspire new ideas, and aid community needs.

Dates: 2023 - 2024