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CHAS Oology Collection (Arctos)

Specimen Records: 3,124
Media Records: 7,903
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2023-09-19

The Chicago Academy of Sciences oology collection includes eggs and nests, including specimens of the extinct passenger pigeon and the first documented nesting of the Kittlitz’s murrelet, collected from Cape Prince of Wales (Alaska). All catalogued specimens are imaged, and images are available upon request. Many specimens are associated with collectors or Academy expeditions that have manuscript and /or audio-visual archival material, which can also be provided to researchers upon request. Notable collectors include William I. Lyon, Harold H. Bailey, H.L. Harllee, Francis S. Dayton, and John B. Hurley.

Contacts

Name Dawn Roberts
RoleDirector of Collections
Emaildroberts@naturemuseum.org
Name Dawn Roberts
RoleDirector of Collections
Emaildroberts@naturemuseum.org
Name Erica Krimmel
RoleAssistant Collections Manager
Emailekrimmel@naturemuseum.org
Name Laura Russell
RoleProgrammer
Emaillarussell@vertnet.org
Name David Bloom
RoleCoordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
RoleInformation Architect
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Dawn Roberts
RoleDirector of Collections
Emaildroberts@naturemuseum.org
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  • Raw
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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98.367
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98.367
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98.367
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98.367
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98.367
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98.367
gbif_taxon_corrected  i3073
98.367
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97.631
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95.615
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95.519
dwc_multimedia_added  i2982
95.455
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74.136
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73.72
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70.294
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54.321
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47.055
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25.64
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13.348
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6.466
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4.866
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4.609
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3.361
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3.041
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1.536
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0.864
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0.832
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0.832
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0.832
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0.832
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0.384
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0.288
geopoint_datum_error  i5
0.16
rev_geocode_mismatch  i4
0.128
dwc_class_added  i1
0.032
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