Alexander Wetmore - Photo Album, Panama, 1946

Explore Panama with the Smithsonian's intrepid research team, led by ornithologist and Secretary Alexander Wetmore and National Museum of Natural History taxidermist Watson M. Perrygo. Wetmore and Perrygo traveled to Panama annually throughout the late 1940s-1950s to observe and collect birds. The pair's work eventually culminated in Wetmore's "Birds of the Republic of Panama," an important ornithology text. Take a trip with Wetmore and Perrygo through Panama--from the shores of its rivers, through villages, swamplands and forests. Help other volunteers transcribe the captions in this album!