Notes by J.M. Cullen and E. Cullen on the terns, the Kittiwake, and the Shag, Inner Farne, U.K., 1953-1954

Related Titles

Contained In: Martin H. Moynihan Papers, 1952-1996

Series: SIA Acc. 01-096

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

By

Cullen, E.
Cullen, J. M.
Moynihan, M.

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1953-1957

Notes

Observation notes and correspondence (to M. Moynihan) are by J.M. Cullen and E. Cullen of the Zoology Department of University of Oxford on the Terns, the Kittiwake, and the Shag, 1953-1957. Letters are usually headed with the date, but not always the year. Materials include typed and hand written. Correspondence compares observations and theories. These include the flight of Kittawakes in reference to a forthcoming paper by Moynihan; scavenging habits of gulls; descriptions of bird colonies and their environments on Farnes Islands; and observations of terns. Observation information describes habitat, behavior, appearance, songs, interactions, age, nests, breeding behavior, and feedings. Includes some illustrations of birds; tables of data of bird call with, type of bird, character of call, and situation; list of posture and call; and table on Arctic Terns. Locations include Inner Farne, United Kingdom.

Subjects

Animal behavior , Correspondence , Ethology , Farne Islands , Field notes , Illustrations , Ornithology , United Kingdom

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122240