Title: Twelve hundred miles by horse and burro : J. Stokely Ligon and New Mexico's first breeding bird survey /
Authors: Shaw, Harley G.; Weisenberger, Mara E.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Ligon, J. Stokley.; Bird surveys New Mexico History.; Birds New Mexico History.; New Mexico Description and travel
Contents: 1. Family history -- 2. J. Stokley Ligon, 1900-1912 -- 3. The US Biological Survey -- 4. The breeding bird survey -- 5. After the breeding bird survey : beginning a career -- 6. The significance of the breeding bird survey -- 7. Ligon's later career -- Appendix. An assessment of species distributional, behavioral, and taxonomic elements of the breeding bird report. Appendix Table 1. Binomials used by Ligon compared with current common names and binomials. Appendix Table 2. Specimens collected by Ligon during the 1913 breeding bird survey.