Joseph Grinnell letter to Philip DuMont regarding Savannah Sparrow identification, November 17, 1933

• Main Author: Grinnell, Joseph, 1877-1939
• Other Authors: Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives (curator), DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996 (contributor)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1933
• Subjects: Birds > Identification; Ornithology > Study and teaching; Classification; Zoological specimens; Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis); Swarth; H. S. (Harry Schelwald); 1878-1935; Lake Athabasca
• Online Access: https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9z60c19d; https://digitalcollections.lib.iastate.edu/islandora/object/isu%3ADuMont_1211/datastream/TN/view/Joseph%20Grinnell%20letter%20to%20Philip%20DuMont%20regarding%20Savannah%20Sparrow%20identification,%20November%2017,%201933.jpg

Letter from Joseph Grinnell to Philip DuMont dated November 17, 1933. Grinnell gives his opinion on the subspecies of some Savannah Sparrow specimens and mentions that Savannah Sparrow classification may soon be revised. This document is in response to a letter from Dumont: https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9bk16p5h.