Southern Island Cruise 15, September-October 1966

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

Heiden, Richard S.
Huber, L. N.
Smith, Frank

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1966

Notes

This record refers to 3 field books created for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program Southern Island Cruise 15, in 1966 on Phoenix Island (Rawaki). Envelope 1 contains a field book by R. S. Heiden that includes nest count; bird banding and returns data; and a blood catalog that lists catalog number (1-191), species, sex, age, color phase, nesting status, and band number (587-81655 to 777-54301). Envelope 2 contains a field book by L. N. Huber that includes nest counts; and bird banding data (listing band numbers 514-78055 to 853-05139). Envelope 3 contains a field book by Frank Smith that includes bird banding data; nest counts; description of Lesser frigatebird colony; and a hand-drawn map of Lesser frigatebird colony.

Subjects

Bird banding , Field notes , Kiribati , Maps , Ornithology , Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program , Rawaki

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English