Ciccaba superciliaris macconnelli (705A)-Coccyzus melacoryphus (1475), 1919 - 1922
Scope and Contents
During his expeditions to British Guiana, between 1919 and 1922, and the Galápagos Islands in 1923, William Beebe conducted studies on the syrinx, the vocal organ of birds; he later returned to the subject in Rancho Grande, Venezuela, in 1946. This series consists of approximately 500 illustrations of syrinxes and related anatomy from these locations, with the bulk from British Guiana.
Dates
- 1919 - 1922
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 21.9 Cubic Feet (45 flat boxes )
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet (2 Hollinger boxes, 1 half-Hollinger box)
From the Collection: 7 Items (Oversize items in map case drawers)
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Asaeda, Toshio, 1893-1968 (Person)
- From the Collection: Beebe, William, 1877-1962 (Person)
- From the Collection: Bostelmann, Else (Else Winkler von Röder), 1882-1961 (Person)
- From the Collection: Boyden, Douglas (Person)
- From the Collection: Cooper, Isabel, 1892-1984 (Person)
- From the Collection: Dickerman, Donald Horace, 1893- (Person)
- From the Collection: Franklin, Dwight (Person)
- From the Collection: Geske, E. J. (Erich John), 1873-1934 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gosner, Kenneth L., 1925- (Person)
- From the Collection: Hartley, Rachel M. (Person)
- From the Collection: Miller, Llewellyn (Person)
- From the Collection: Schlageter, Laura, 1922-2000 (Person)
- From the Collection: Swanson, George Alan, 1908-1968 (Person)
- From the Collection: Taylor, Anna Heyward, 1879-1956 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tee-Van, Helen Damrosch, 1893-1976 (Person)
- From the Collection: New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research (Organization)
- From the Collection: Howes, Paul Griswold, 1892-1983 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository