Southern island cruise 14, 1966 : SIC 14 (island)

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

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1966

Notes

This volume is a catalog of bird specimens collected on Southern Island Cruise (SIC) 14 on the Pacific Ocean from 12 July to 8 August 1966 for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Field numbers span from 6520 to 6691; records for field numbers 6649 through 6675 are empty. Locations include Baker Island, Howland Island, Swain's Island [Swains Island], Jarvis Island, and McKean and Gardner Islands [of the Phoenix Group]. Fields include field number, genus and species, date, island, sex, weight & fat cond., reproduction, remarks, dispo. spec, and recorder. Species include Sterna fuscata [Onychoprion fuscatus], Pluvialis dominica, Heteroscelus incanum [Heteroscelus incanus], and others. Remarks include molt and whether color notes were taken. Collectors include L. N. Huber, Hoff, D. Pearson, W. Bulmer, and others.

Subjects

American Samoa , Baker Island , Field notes , Howland Island , Jarvis Island , Kiribati , National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific , Ornithology , Phoenix Group , Swains Island , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English