Journals, 1871-1919 (inclusive)

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Journals, 1871-1919 (inclusive)

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Journals in which Brewster recorded observations of birds, their habitats and seasonal behavior, while traveling through New England and other areas of the United States.

12 v. : ill. ; 23 - 30 cm.

Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

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Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

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Brewster, William, 1851-1919

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William Brewster (1851-1919) was a renowned American amateur ornithologist, first president of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and a president of the American Ornithologists' Union. He was an avid collector of birds and their nests and eggs, and collected over forty thousand specimens from 1861 until his death in 1919. His collection, bequeathed to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, is considered one of the finest private collections of North American birds ever assemble...