Details - SIC observation check-lists September - November 1965 (SIC 9)

SIC observation check-lists September - November 1965 (SIC 9)

Title

SIC observation check-lists September - November 1965 (SIC 9)

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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: Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project

Series: SIA RU000245

By

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1965

Notes

These are SIC #9 observation check-lists documenting birds seen September 7 - November 5, 1965, as part of Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Sheets list location (latitude and longitude, sometimes name of island in vicinity), observer (listed as Crossin et al), date, time (started), time (ended), and weather. There are notes about distance covered. Below this information is a list of species followed by abundance (quantity), breeding (quantity), and remarks. Counts are totaled at the bottom of each sheet. There is varying types and amounts of other data recorded. These include counts of porpoises, specimens collected, and observed behavior. Some pages are photocopies. On the verso of some sheets is flock data (time of day, quantity, type, sometimes behavior). Includes nocturnal observations.