SIC 13 - McKean 4-66

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

Shelton, Philip C. (Philip Clarence), 1937-

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1966

Notes

The 23 black-and-white photographs document field work completed on McKean Island, on April 17 and 18, 1966. The photographs include images of camp at coastline, coastal flats, shoreline of a lagoon, ruins of guano huts, vegetation (Tribulus in bloom, Sida fallax, Sesuvium portulacastrum in bloom, Digitaria pacifica), a clam, a Fairy Tern egg, birds (Sooty Terns, Gray-backed Terns, Blue-faced Boobies, Brown Bobby chick, Red-tailed Tropicbird, unidentified shorebirds, Lesser Frigatebirds, Immature Great Frigatebird, Great Frigatebirds), and a rock nest. The images have captions on reverse side that list location, description, date, photographer (P. C. Shelton), and negative numbers (492, 493, 494, 496, 498, 499, 500, 506, 507, 508, 512, 513, 522, 524, 525, 526, 529, 532, 536, 660, 661, 662, 663). Some descriptions include details on condition of birds and nests, and sex of birds.

Subjects

Black-and-white photographs , Botany , Field notes , McKean Atoll; McKean Island , Ornithology , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English