Year: 1923
Type: article
Abstract: tions made during several midwinter trips to the Mt.Tallac region.Later (1911-12) he spent an entire winter at Fallen Leaf.He contributed to the Overland Monthly and Sunset.The following species, named in Price's honor, indicate a wider field than birds and mammals in his collecting activities: two fishes, Villarius pricei Butter and Campostoma pricei Jordan and Thoburn; a rattlesnake, Crotalus pricei Van Denburgh ; a chipmunk, Eutamias pricei Allen, and a pocket mouse, Perognathus pricei Allen".Dr. Grinnell writes that the Xantus Becard (Plutypsaris aglaiae albiventris) remains known north of the Mexican line only from a specimen taken by Price or his assistants in the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona ; and the Yellow-green Vireo (Vireosylva flavoviridis) is known from California only on the basis of a specimen taken by him near Riverside.Price was at one time a Member of the American Ornithologists' Union and of the Cooper Ornithological Club.He was a member of the California Academy of Sciences, Sierra Club, American Historical Association, and Beta Theta Pi.Price's service to ornithology lay not alone in his considerable collecting operations in then very imperfectly explored or unknown regions, but also in his ability to infect -others with his enthusiasm and love of nature.Price was always strongly attracted by the personality of Louis Agassiz (so ably interpreted to us by Doctor Jordan), and a very real desire of his was to practice the methods of the great teacher.It was a splendid aim and focused the energies of a useful career.Through his activities in the Sierra Nevada, he enlarged and made happier the lives of many hundreds.
Source: Ornithological Applications
DOI: 10.2307/1362901
Author: Charles K. Averill
Language: English
Topic: Avian ecology and behavior
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2334129299