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 224 Folder 22
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
United States
Pearl and Hermes Atoll
Hawaii
Date Range:
1967
Start Date:
1967
End Date:
1967
Abstract:
The black and white photographs document field work completed for Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program on Pearl and Hermes Atoll, August 28, 1967. The captions list location, description, date, photographer, and negative number. Photographs are by D. I. Hoff, R. B. Clapp, C. D. Hackman. Subject matter covers terrain (coastline, beaches), Hawaiian Monk Seals, flocks and individual birds of various types and ages (Brown Boobies, Great Frigatebirds, Red-tailed Tropicbird, Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Black Noddies, Red-footed Boobies, Sooty Tern Petrel) in habitat, vegetation, eggs and nests, and campsites.
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