National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 197 Folder 5
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Mexico
Guadalupe, Isla
San Benito, Islas
Los Coronados, Islas
Date Range:
1968
Start Date:
19680620
End Date:
19680630
Abstract:
This volume is a catalog of bird specimens collected on islands of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean in June 1968 for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Fields include field #, species, date, locality, wt., sex, fat, reproduction, soft part colors - remarks, prep. by, and disposition. Field numbers span from 140498 to 140668 and 110070 to 110071. Species include Oceanodroma spp. and others. Localities include Isla Guadalupe, Islas San Benito, and Coronados Islands [Islas Los Coronados] in Mexico. Soft part colors - remarks field includes notes on molt, brood patch, feathers, incubation, and parasites. Berlese samples were taken from at least two burrows. Most specimens were prepared by L. N. Huber and T. J. Lewis.
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