Field correspondence August - October 1964

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

1964

Notes

This field correspondence documents work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, August to October 1964. Correspondence documents travel, supplies, shipments of specimens, and other logistics It also describes field work challenges, interactions (several references to an adopted pet dog), and observations of local flora and fauna. These include bird lists with notes on abundance, and sometimes date and description of studies of rat populations. There is some description of terrain. Locations include Pribilof, Alaska; Kure Island [Hawaii]. Correspondents are numerous.

Subjects

Alaska , American Samoa , Correspondence , Field notes , Hawaii , Kure Atoll , Ornithology , Pribilof Islands , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English