John Kirk Townsend
Subtitle: collector of Audubon's western birds and mammals
By: Barbara and Richard Mearns.
Contributors: Mearns, Richard.; Townsend, John Kirk, 1809-1851.
Publisher: B. and R. Mearns
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Dumfries
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780955673900
Subjects: Townsend, John Kirk, -- 1809-1851; Audubon, John James, -- 1785-1851; Ornithologists -- Biography; Birds -- West (U.S.); Mammals -- West (U.S.); Birds -- Hawaii; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Birds in art
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Also on t.p.: 'Including J. K. Townsend's "A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River and a visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili. &c." (1839) with commentary and zoological notations by Barbara and Richard Mearns'

Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-383) and index.