Southern Island Cruise 6, October-December 1964

Related Titles

Contained In: National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923

Series: SIA RU000245

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

By

Anderson, Alan H.
Hackman, C. Douglas
Long, Charles R. (Charles Robert), 1936-

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1964

Notes

This record refers to 3 field books created for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program Southern Island Cruise #6, in 1964. Envelope 1 contains a field book by Alan H. Anderson from his work on Baker Island, McKean Island, and Enderbury Atoll. The field book includes bird, chick, egg, and nest counts; banding data; and physical descriptions of Red-footed booby specimens. Envelope 2 contains a field book by C. D. Hackman with data collected on Baker Island, McKean Island, and Enderbury Island. It includes banding data; nest, egg, and chick counts; population estimates; and a hand-drawn map of Sooty tern, Red-footed booby, Lesser frigatebirds and Greater frigatebird colonies on McKean Island. Envelope 3 contains a field book by Charles R. Long with banding data from Baker Island, McKean Island, Enderbury Island, and Christmas Island.

Subjects

Baker Island , Bird banding , Enderbury Atoll , Field notes , Kiribati , Kiritimati , Maps , McKean Atoll; McKean Island , Ornithology , Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156234