National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 5, folder 19
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Egypt
Date Range:
1970-1971
Start Date:
19701223
End Date:
19710104
Abstract:
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 five forms per leaf. They date from December 23, 1970 to January 4, 1971 and are numbered 010-12430 to 010-12607. The forms show the name of the bird species, band number, the date and locality of capture and release, and data on sex, age, weight, fat, molt, with additional remarks. The research was conducted only on Phylloscopus Collybita (common chiffchaff).
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