Details - Marshall and Gilbert Islands, 1964, part 1

Marshall and Gilbert Islands, 1964, part 1

Title

Marshall and Gilbert Islands, 1964, part 1

Related Titles

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

Series: Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project

Series: SIA RU000245

By

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

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1964

Notes

This volume is a catalog of bird specimens collected on a Marshall and Gilbert Islands trip in October and November 1964 for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Collections were made on islands of the Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands [Gilbert Group] and along a transect on the Pacific Ocean from 3∞ 50' N, 178∞ 09' W to 16∞ 59' N, 164∞ 07' W. Fields include museum number, field number, species, sex, locality, date, wt., age, gonads, type of specimen, personal catalog number, and remarks. Field numbers range from 30001 to 30442, 10530, and 10624 to 10626. Species include Anous spp., Arenaria interpres, Heteroscelus spp., and others. The remarks field includes notes on molt, fat, brood patches, etc. Collections were made by LNH, RBC, and others.