Details - Southern island cruise 9, 1965 , part 1 : SIC 9 (island)

Southern island cruise 9, 1965 , part 1 : SIC 9 (island)

Title

Southern island cruise 9, 1965 , part 1 : SIC 9 (island)

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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

1965

Notes

This volume is a catalog of bird specimens collected on Southern Island Cruise (SIC) 9 on the Pacific Ocean in September and October 1965 for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Locations include Howland Island, Baker Island, Christmas Island [Kiritimati], and McKean, Hull, Phoenix, and Enderbury Islands [of the Phoenix Group]. Fields are not labeled but appear to include field number, species, sex, location, date, gonads, weight, and remarks. Field numbers span from 5756 to 5867. Species include Puffinus spp., Procelsterna cerulea, Pterodroma alba, and others. The remarks field includes information such as whether soft part colors were recorded, whether the stomach was saved, fat condition, and skinner. Skinners include Amerman, P. Woodward, Harrington, and others.