Report Upon Natural History Collections Made in Alaska Between the Years 1877 and 1881 - Couverture rigide
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March 11,1887. GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report upon the Natural History Collections made iu Alaska by Mr. E. W. Nelson, during the years 1877 to 1881, intended to form No. Ill of the Arctic Series of Publications of the Signal Office. It seems proper to add a brief statement of the manner in which the volume has been prepared and my own connection with it. Upon his return from Alaska in 1881, Mr. Nelson at once began work upon the ornithological portion of the present volume, intending later to take up reports upon his collections of Mammals and Fishes. The ornithological report was well advanced towards completion when failing health, directly traceable to exposure in the North, compelled an abrupt cessation of labor and an immediate departure of Mr. Nelson for the West, where he has since resided. Meantime the entire subject of the nomenclature of North American Birds has been revised, and a check list issued by the American Ornithological Union. In addition a number of reports upon, and partial lists of, Alaska birds have been issued. It thus seemed very desirable that Mr. Nelson sreport upon Alaskan birds, covering, as was intended, the whole territory, should be revised and brought up to date. At Mr. Nelson srequest, and in accordance with the wishes of the Chief Signal Officer, the writer has undertaken to do this, and iu addition to supervise editorially the whole volume. The chapters on Mammals and Fishes have been prepared by Mr. Frederick W. True and Dr. Tarleton H. Beau, both well known authorities upon their respective subjects, Mr. Nelson furnishing the field-notes in both cases. Mr. W. H. Edwards has added a chapter upon the Diurnal Lepidopteta collected by Mr. Nelson, an introduction to which is furnished by the latter. The results of Mr. Nelson sinvestigation embodied iu the present volume will prove, it is believed, a
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