National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
Physical Description:
1 folder
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 152 Folder 18
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Midway Islands
Marshall Islands
United States
Date Range:
1964
Start Date:
19641001
End Date:
19641127
Abstract:
These are observation check-lists documenting birds seen October 1 - November 27, 1964, as part of Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Sheets list location (latitude and longitude, or island in the vicinity), observer, date, time (started), time (ended), and weather (includes sea conditions). Information relating to observer and weather are not completed. There are also notes on distance. Below this information is a list of species followed by abundance (quantity), breeding (quantity), and remarks. There are totals for birds at the bottom of sheets. Locations are in the vicinity of the Marshall Islands including Bikar to Taku; Kwajalein Atoll; Jaluit Atoll; Maiana to Kuria; Midway.
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