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

Bulmer, Walter, 1942-
Chandler, Richard D.
Fitch, John H.

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 Howland Island. Envelope 1 contains a field book by Walter Bulmer that includes bird banding data (listing band numbers 595-64001 to 953-96167); a hand-drawn map of Sooty tern colony; shorebird counts; and nest counts and observations. Envelope 2 contains a field book by Richard D. Chandler that includes some general island observation notes; and Sooty tern streamer recoveries (953-01855 to 953-96909). Envelope 3 contains a field book by J. H. Fitch that includes banding data for Lesser frigatebirds (listing band numbers 737-81601 to 737-81830).

Subjects

Bird banding , Field notes , Howland Island , Maps , Ornithology , Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English