Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973 : Egypt banding information (040-03736 to 040-04322; 050-05886 to 050-06000; 050-03001 to 050-03220), Fall 1972, PMS banding forms

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Contained In: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973
Series: SIA Acc. 16-361
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.) Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1972

Notes

Field book of banding forms for field notes that are survey records on migratory birds specimens collected in Egypt for the Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey. From the finding aid (SIA RU000435): "The Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey (PMS), a survey of migratory birds, their ectoparasites and the viruses they carry, was conducted in the eastern Mediterranean from 1966 to 1971. The primary PMS operation site was in northern Egypt. Surveys were also conducted in Cyprus and Israel. The PMS involved scientists of the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Naval Medical Research Unit, and Yale University, and was funded by the Army Research Office, the Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program, and the Smithsonian Research Foundation. George E. Watson, Chairman, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, and Curator, Division of Birds, National Museum of Natural History, was Principal Investigator". Surveys were also conducted in Uganda. There are ten forms per leaf. They date from August 27 to November 2, 1972. To the first leaf is attached a card marked with the period of research (Fall 1972) and the list of form numbers (040-03736 to 040-04322; 050-05886 to 050-06000; 050-03001 to 050-03220). The forms show the name of the bird species, the form and band number, the date and locality of capture and release, and data on sex, age, fat, wing, weight, presence of parasites, molt and additional remarks. They mostly concern Lanius collurio (red-backed shrike) and Oriolus oriolus (Eurasian golden oriole).

Subjects

Bird banding , Birds--Egypt , Birds--Migration , Birds--Parasites , Egypt , Field notes , Golden oriole , National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Palearct , Ornithology , Red-backed shrike

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.138028