The birds of North and Middle America [manuscript] : a descriptive catalogue of the families, genera, species and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other islands of the Caribbean Sea, and the Galapagos Archipelago.
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Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929
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Ornithologist; curator of birds at the U.S. National Museum. From the description of ALS : Washington, D.C., to Thomas G. Gentry, 1876 Mar. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580979 Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) was an ornithologist who collected bird specimens in Costa Rica in 1908. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_721_pid_EACP718 American ornithologist. From the descripti...
Friedmann, Herbert, 1900-1987
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Herbert Friedman (1900-1987) was born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 22, 1900. He received his bachelor's degree from City College and his PhD from Cornell University in 1923. He spent two years conducting fieldwork in Argentina, the Mexican border, and Africa. He was then appointed curator in the Division of Birds, United States National Museum, in 1929. During the 1930's he published books on birds from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. Friedman specialized in the study of the cowbird. In 1957, ...
