Details - Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973 : Egypt banding information (Dead on arrival [DOA] / release), Fall 1969, PMS banding forms

Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973 : Egypt banding information (Dead on arrival [DOA] / release), Fall 1969, PMS banding forms

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Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973 : Egypt banding information (Dead on arrival [DOA] / release), Fall 1969, PMS banding forms

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Contained In: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973

Series: SIA Acc. 16-361

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey

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Book

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Archival material

Publication info

1969

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Field book of banding forms for field notes that are survey records on migratory birds specimens collected in Egypt for the Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey. From the finding aid (SIA RU000435): "The Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey (PMS), a survey of migratory birds, their ectoparasites and the viruses they carry, was conducted in the eastern Mediterranean from 1966 to 1971. The primary PMS operation site was in northern Egypt. Surveys were also conducted in Cyprus and Israel. The PMS involved scientists of the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Naval Medical Research Unit, and Yale University, and was funded by the Army Research Office, the Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program, and the Smithsonian Research Foundation. George E. Watson, Chairman, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, and Curator, Division of Birds, National Museum of Natural History, was Principal Investigator". Surveys were also conducted in Uganda. There are five forms per leaf. They are dated from August 29 to November 23, 1969. To the first leaf is attached a card marked with the period of research (Fall 1969). The forms are not numbered, but instead wear a mark of "DOA" or "Released", depending on each bird's fate. The forms show the name of the bird species, the form and band number, the date and locality of capture and release, and data on sex (as determined by plumage, soft parts or otherwise), age (as determined from plumage, soft parts or skull), weight, fat, molt, parasites, with additional remarks.