Title
Southern island cruise 18, 1967 : SIC 18 (at-sea)
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 at sea on Southern Island Cruise (SIC) 18 on the Pacific Ocean from 15 March to 25 April 1967 for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Field numbers span from 2718 to 2763. Locations are in an area of the Pacific Ocean approximately bounded by 14° S to 8° N and 157° to 177° W. A few records have the localities "offshore - Palmyra Island," "offshore - Malden Island," or "offshore Baker Island" instead of coordinates. Fields include field no., species, date, position, sex data, age, weight & fat condition, misc. data, and prep. Species include Sterna fuscata [Onychoprion fuscatus], Puffinus pacificus, Sula spp., and others. Remarks appear to include type of preparation and letter codes which may be indications of molt, color notes, etc. Recorders include D. L. Stadel and others.
Subjects
Field notes
,
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific
,
Ornithology
,
Pacific Ocean
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156275
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