An Additional Nebraska Record of Common Eider?
An "Iowa" record of Common Eider to date has apparently not been considered as a Nebraska record (Johnsgard 1980, Bray et al. 1986). A note was published by Philip Dumont in 1934 (Wilson Bulletin 46: 203), describing a bird that was shot by a hunter on the Missouri River below Sioux City,...
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ftunivnebraskali:oai:digitalcommons.unl.edu:nebbirdrev-1445 2023-11-12T04:15:55+01:00 An Additional Nebraska Record of Common Eider? Silcock, W. Ross 1992-09-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebbirdrev/445 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nebbirdrev/article/1445/viewcontent/Nebraska_Bird_Review_60_3_Sep_1992_Silcock_An_Additional_Nebraska_Record_of_Common_Eider.pdf unknown DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebbirdrev/445 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nebbirdrev/article/1445/viewcontent/Nebraska_Bird_Review_60_3_Sep_1992_Silcock_An_Additional_Nebraska_Record_of_Common_Eider.pdf Nebraska Bird Review Poultry or Avian Science Zoology text 1992 ftunivnebraskali 2023-10-30T11:04:25Z An "Iowa" record of Common Eider to date has apparently not been considered as a Nebraska record (Johnsgard 1980, Bray et al. 1986). A note was published by Philip Dumont in 1934 (Wilson Bulletin 46: 203), describing a bird that was shot by a hunter on the Missouri River below Sioux City, Iowa on November 1, 1901--Dumont cited measurements that established the specimen as an example of Somateria mollissima v. nigra, the western race of Common Eider. Dumont wrote that "this record might be claimed as Nebraskan as well as Iowan", a statement noted by Tate (1969) on the only other record of Common Eider for Nebraska (Bray et al. 1986). From the information available, there is no evidence as to which state the Sioux City Common Eider was in when it was collected. It seems to have been claimed as an Iowa record because Dumont was an Iowan, and the specimen was recovered from a Sioux City market, rather than because of any data ascertaining the provenance of the specimen. It is well-known that the Iowa-Nebraska boundary is tortuous, and in many places unrelated to the current channel of the Missouri River. Text Common Eider Somateria mollissima University of Nebraska-Lincoln: DigitalCommons@UNL Bray ENVELOPE(-114.067,-114.067,-74.833,-74.833) |
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An "Iowa" record of Common Eider to date has apparently not been considered as a Nebraska record (Johnsgard 1980, Bray et al. 1986). A note was published by Philip Dumont in 1934 (Wilson Bulletin 46: 203), describing a bird that was shot by a hunter on the Missouri River below Sioux City, Iowa on November 1, 1901--Dumont cited measurements that established the specimen as an example of Somateria mollissima v. nigra, the western race of Common Eider. Dumont wrote that "this record might be claimed as Nebraskan as well as Iowan", a statement noted by Tate (1969) on the only other record of Common Eider for Nebraska (Bray et al. 1986). From the information available, there is no evidence as to which state the Sioux City Common Eider was in when it was collected. It seems to have been claimed as an Iowa record because Dumont was an Iowan, and the specimen was recovered from a Sioux City market, rather than because of any data ascertaining the provenance of the specimen. It is well-known that the Iowa-Nebraska boundary is tortuous, and in many places unrelated to the current channel of the Missouri River. |
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