Details - Southern island cruise 11, 13, 1966, part 1 : island catalog, SIC 11

Southern island cruise 11, 13, 1966, part 1 : island catalog, SIC 11

Title

Southern island cruise 11, 13, 1966, part 1 : island catalog, SIC 11

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 folder contains two tables of specimen records from Southern Island Cruise (SIC) 11. Both have the title "Island catalogue - SIC." No SIC number appears on either document, but the records correspond to SIC 11 records recorded in related item, Southern island cruises 11, 13, 1966, part 2 : SIC 11, 13, in Box 200 Folder 8 of this same collection (SIA RU000245). Field numbers span from 5868 to 5915 for the two tables together. Fields in the longer table include field #, museum #, species, island, date, sex, gonads, weight, indiv. cat. #, and remarks. Most of the records listed in this table have museum numbers and the remarks include notes on molt, brood patch, whether stomach was saved, and fat condition. Fields in the shorter table include field #, USNM museum #, species, island, date, sex, specimen type/habitat, weight, indiv. cat. #, and remarks. There are no USNM museum numbers listed for the records in this table, and the remarks are primarily measurements. Locations listed in the tables include Swains Island, Tutuila, Baker Island, Hull Island [Orona], Enderbury Island [Enderbury Atoll], and Christmas Island [Kiritimati]. Collectors listed in the tables include Harrington, F. Smith, Heryford, DeLong, Lewis, and others.