BARLOW, Chester

Printed at Pacific Town Talk Press, San Francisco.
Illustrated with 28 b/w photographic images by Barlow, A. L. Bolton, P. W. Nahl & from the Overland Monthly.
Oblong format: 5" x 6-7/8" Color lithographed glossy heavy-stock paper wrappers, stapled.
Original in the Santa Cruz Island Foundation Archives.
BARLOW, Chester (1874-1902) was the Assistant Cashier at the Santa Clara Valley Bank and an amateur ornithologist and oologist. He was the first secretary (for a decade) of the Cooper Ornithological Society, despite his youth. He was also the first editor of The Condor (1899-1902). Barlow authored articles in The Oologist, The Nidiologist and The Condor. His interest in ornithology was commemorated by Dr. Grinnell in the Santa Cruz Chickadee, Penthestes rufescens barlowi.
Barlow was born on June 24, 1874 in Placer, CA. He died on November 6, 1902 in Mountain View, Santa Clara, CA of tuberculosis when he was 28 years old. He had five brothers and three sisters.
Chester Barlow = [1899] Jeanette E. Nichols (1879- ). The marriage didn't last.
FIELD NOTES OF CHESTER BARLOW 1892-1894
FIELD NOTES OF CHESTER BARLOW 1898-1902
Barlow collected on:
- FARALLON ISLANDS (1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1898)
- SAN MIGUEL ISLAND (1897)
- SANTA CRUZ ISLAND (1895)
Contributions to The Condor by Chester Barlow:
- William S. Cobleigh, 1899
- W. Otto Emerson, 1899
- Early Hummingbirds' Nesting, 1899
- Is the Unlimited Collecting of Birds in Breeding Season Justified?, 1899
- Rollo H. Beck, 1899
- The Nesting Haunts of the Black-throated Gray Warbler, 1899
- 1894. Barlow, Chester] Some Notes on the Western Gull [Farallon Islands] The Nidologist 2(1):7, September 1894
- [original in SCIF archives]
- 1895. Barlow, Chester Stray notes from the Farallons The Nidiologist 2(12):166-167, August
- [original in SCIF archives]
- 1897. Barlow, Chester The Story of the Farallones 1897
- [original in SCIF archives]
- 1903. Reed, Taylor Henry In Memorium: Chester Barlow The Condor 5(1):2-7, Jan.-Feb. 1903
- 1903. Grinnell, Joseph The Ornithological Writings of Chester Barlow 1892-1902 The Condor 5(1):8-10, January 1903
Island Collections~
FARALLON ISLANDS
ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | July 5, 1892 | MVZ-200891 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | July 6, 1892 | MVZ-2442 | Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 6, 1892 | WFVZ-200428 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 6, 1892 | WFVZ-203001 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 7, 1892 | WFVZ-47049 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 7, 1892 | WFVZ-200419 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 8, 1892 | WFVZ-165089 | Lunda cirrhata | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 8, 1892 | WFVZ-174955 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 15, 1893 | WFVZ-46019 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 15, 1893 | WFVZ-46025 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 25, 1893 | WFVZ-174965 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | KU | July 15, 1893 | KU-75730 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UMMZ | July 15, 1893 | UMMZ-191162 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UMMZ | July 15, 1893 | UMMZ-191164 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UMMZ | July 15, 1893 | UMMZ-191165 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UMMZ | July 15, 1893 | UMMZ-191167 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UMMZ | July 15, 1893 | UMMZ-191169 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UMMZ | July 15, 1893 | UMMZ-191170 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UWBM | July 15, 1893 | UWBM-34744 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UWBM | July 15, 1893 | UWBM-34745 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UWBM | July 15, 1893 | UWBM-34746 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UWBM | July 15, 1893 | UWBM-34747 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UWBM | July 15, 1893 | UWBM-34748 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UWBM | July 15, 1893 | UWBM-34749 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UWBM | July 15, 1893 | UWBM-34750 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-20636 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-20637 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-20638 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-20639 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-20640 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-20641 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-46019 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-46025 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-122826 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-157021 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-192802 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-192803 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-192804 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-192805 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-192806 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1893 | WFVZ-192807 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 17, 1894 | WFVZ-74075 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 17, 1894 | WFVZ-204515 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | DMNS | June 18, 1894 | DMNS-3528 | Larus occidentalis | Birds |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | NMNH | June 18, 1894 | USNM-B34246 | Larus occidentalis | Birds |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | PSM | June 18, 1894 | PSM-14236 | Larus occidentalis | Birds |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UF | June 18, 1894 | UF-4078 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Birds |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UWBM | June 18, 1894 | UWBM-5663 | Larus occidentalis | Birds |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 18, 1894 | VFVZ-161456 | Larus occidentalis | Birds |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | June 19, 1894 | MVZ-5810 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UF | June 19, 1894 | UF-58643 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 19, 1894 | WFVZ-45999 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 19, 1894 | WFVZ-123022 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | June 19, 1894 | MVZ-95021 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Birds |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | CM | June 20, 1894 | CM-P22418 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Birds |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 20, 1894 | WFVZ-200278 | Fratercula [Lunda] cirrhata | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 20, 1894 | WFVZ-95572 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 21, 1894 | WFVZ-174975 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | ROM | June 21, 1894 | ROM-504349 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | July 15, 1894 | MVZ-1858 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1894 | WFVZ-27191 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | July 15, 1894 | WFVZ-47403 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | May 20, 1895 | WFVZ-167437 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | DMNS | May 28, 1895 | DMNS-1203 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UF | June 1, 1895 | UF-983 | Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | DMNS | June 7, 1895 | DMNS-3576 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 7, 1895 | WFVZ-4486 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | DMNS | June 9, 1895 | DMNS-3504 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | CAS | June 10, 1895 | CAS-13950 | Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 11, 1895 | WFVZ-435 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 11, 1895 | WFVZ-94148 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 11, 1895 | WFVZ-201282 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 11, 1895 | WFVZ-20644 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | CM | June 12, 1895 | CM-P18105 | Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | NMNH | June 12, 1895 | USNM-B42703 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | SDNHM | June 12, 1895 | SDNHM-78 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Birds |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | PSM | June 12, 1895 | PSM-11730 | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | PSM | June 12, 1895 | PSM-14712 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 12, 1895 | WFVZ-132289 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 12, 1895 | WFVZ-132290 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 12, 1895 | WFVZ-200816 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 12, 1895 | WFVZ-200818 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 12, 1895 | WFVZ-203185 | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | June 13, 1895 | MVZ-10380 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UF | June 13, 1895 | UF-981 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 13, 1895 | WFVZ-2000277 | Fratercula [Lunda] cirrhata | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 13, 1895 | WFVZ-2000279 | Fratercula [Lunda] cirrhata | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | LACM | June 15, 1895 | UWYMV-248 | Arenaria melanocephala | Birds |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | CAS | June 15, 1895 | CAS-43049 | Fratercula cirrhata | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | CM | June 15, 1895 | CM-P18106 | Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | June 15, 1895 | MVZ-10381 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | NMNH | June 15, 1895 | USNM-B42157 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UF | June 15, 1895 | UF-58644 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 15, 1895 | WFVZ-226920 | Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | CM | June 16, 1895 | CM-P18107 | Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | LACM | June 16, 1895 | LACM-5022 | Fratercula cirrhata | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | June 16, 1895 | MVZ-31433 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 16, 1895 | WFVZ-200817 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | CAS | June 17, 1895 | CAS-22208 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | CM | June 17, 1895 | CM-P18108 | Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | CM | June 17, 1895 | CM-P22419 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | June 17, 1895 | MVZ-4382 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 17, 1895 | WFVZ-43492 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 21, 1895 | WFVZ-81217 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | CM | July 15, 1895 | CM-P22420 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | LACM | July 15, 1895 | LACM-5036 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | LACM | July 15, 1895 | LACM-5037 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | July 15, 1895 | MVZ-10382 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | July 15, 1895 | MVZ-10383 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | MVZ | July 15, 1895 | MVZ-31434 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | CAS | August 7, 1895 | CAS-43180 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | WFVZ | June 2, 1898 | WFVZ-200864 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
Farallon Islands | Chester Barlow | UAZ | n.d. | UAZ-012846 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Eggs |
SAN MIGUEL ISLAND
ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
San Miguel Island | Chester Barlow | UWYMV | May 19, 1897 | UWYMV-356 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus aleuticus | Birds |
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
Santa Cruz Island | Chester Barlow | UWYMV | May 1, 1895 | UWYMV-323 | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Birds |
Santa Cruz Island | Chester Barlow | UWYMV | May 1, 1895 | UWYMV-337 | Larus occidentalis wymani | Birds |
Santa Cruz Island | Chester Barlow | UWYMV | May 1, 1895 | UWYMV-1603 | Larus occidentalis wymani | Birds |
In the News~
June 1895 [The Nidiologist 2(10):145 June 1895]: “C. Barlow and H. Ward are slated as the lucky ones to visit the Farallon Islands this year. The islands really belong to the United States, but the Lighthouse Inspector seems to have a contrary opinion; hence it is almost impossible now to get a permit from him to visit them.”
August 1895 Barlow, Chester Stray notes from the Farallons The Nidologist 2(12):166-167, August 1895.
- [original in SCIF archives] [Farallones binder]
November 7, 1902 [LAH]: “Chester A. Barlow. San Jose, Nov. 6.—Chester A. Barlow, late assistant cashier of the Santa Clara Valley Bank, and an ornithologist of statewide reputation, died this morning at Mayfield. He was an authority on birds and published a magazine for several years.”