Southern island cruise 18, 1967 : SIC 18 (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

1967

Notes

This volume is a catalog of bird specimens collected on islands on the Pacific Ocean on Southern Island Cruise (SIC) 18 from 16 March through 18 April 1967 for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Field numbers span from 6899 to 7112. Locations include Palmyra Island [Palmyra Atoll], Fanning Island [Tabuaeran], Christmas Island [Kiritimati], Jarvis Island, Malden Island [Malden], Starbuck Island [Starbuck], and Swains Island. Fields include field no., species, date, where collected, sex data, age, weight & fat condition, misc. data, and prep. Species include Sterna fuscata [Onychoprion fuscatus], Gygis alba, Anous spp., and others. Misc. data appears to include type of preparation and letter codes which may be indications of molt, color notes, etc. Recorders include F. Smith, D. L. Stadel, and others.

Subjects

American Samoa , Field notes , Jarvis Island , Kiribati , Kiritimati , Malden , National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific , Ornithology , Palmyra Atoll , Starbuck , Swains Island , Tabuaeran , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English