In memory of
Emmet Reid Blake

Emmet Reid Blake

29 November 1908 — 10 January 1997
Abbeville · Chicago
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Emmet Reid Blake was an American ornithologist, collector, and curator of birds at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. During his career he made expeditions across South America and collected nearly 20,000 specimens of birds and described several new species. He also wrote a major book on the birds of Mexico and began a five volume treatise on the Neotropical birds.

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