[Nhcoll-l] Historic USDA bird observation records?

[Fisher, Robert]

Try the Bird banding lad at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.

Robert D. Fisher
Collections Manager, Mammals
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
National Museum of Natural History
PO Box 37012
Room W-622, MRC 111
Washington, DC 20013-7012

202-633-1275
fisherr at si.edu

From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Erica Krimmel
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 3:45 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Historic USDA bird observation records?

Hi all,

The USDA had a Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy in the late 1800s that recorded bird observations at different stations (among other things). Has anyone seen any of these such records already digitized? We have a researcher interested in historic bird observations who is considering transcribing our paper copies, but before he does that I figured I would make sure he isn't re-doing work, since what we have in our archives are marked as copies of what the original observer mailed in to USDA (in 1893...).

Much thanks,
Erica

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