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Item 5th Archbold Expedition to New Guinea : Field Catalog April 11 to December 17, 1956 / Russell F. Peterson([1956], 1956) Peterson, Russell Francis.; American Museum of Natural History.; Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (5th : 1956); American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy. Field Book Collection.Field catalog kept by Russell Peterson between April 11 and December 17, 1956 while participating in the 5th Archbold Expedition to New Guinea. As zoologist, Peterson collected not only mammals but also herpetological, ichthyological, ornithological specimens and ectoparasites. Information includes field number, name, sex, date, elevation of locality, measurements, and notes. Also includes some clarifying notes about site locations. Primary localities are the Normanby, Fergusson, Misima, Sudest, Rossel, Woodlark, and Kiriwina Islands and Milne Bay. The material includes both the numbered field catalog as well as summarized listings of specimens arranged by location and type. Additionally, a duplicated checklist of previously collected mammals and collectors in the region is included and appears to have been updated by Peterson with his findings. Specimen numbers cataloged are 13611 to 14993.Item Spalding-Peterson Expedition : field catalogue (Australia + New Guinea) / Russell F. Peterson.([1959], 1959) Peterson, Russell Francis.; American Museum of Natural History.; Spalding-Peterson Expedition (1959); American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy. Field Book Collection.Field collection catalog of mainly mammals for dates May 21 to August 17, 1959 while Peterson acted as zoologist on the Spalding-Peterson Expedition. This expedition aimed to complete the collection work begun during the 5th Archbold Expedition to New Guinea. Information listed is field number, name, sex, date, locality, museum catalogue number (added later); elevation, measurements and notes. Field numbers 0001-0458 are included in the catalog. At rear of volume are tallied lists of specimens organized by both species and type of storage. Locations in both Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea include Koombooloomba, Chillagoe, Mt. Garnet, Einasleigh, Karumba, Mungana, Lappa Junction, Nondugl, Mt. Hagen, Port Moresby, and Clump Point.