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 6, folder 28
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Egypt
Date Range:
1970
Start Date:
19700404
End Date:
19700523
Abstract:
Field book of banding forms 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. A photocopy of a folder cover was inserted in the folder and marked with the note "Checked against printout, no returns." The banding forms are numbered 040-01597 to 040-01663 and dated from April 4 to May 23, 1970. There are five forms per leaf. They show the date, locality of capture and release, bird species, band number, sex (as determined by plumage, soft parts, or otherwise), age (as determined by plumage, soft parts, skull or otherwise), weight, fat, molt, and additional remarks. The research was conducted mostly on Lanius senator (woodchat shrike).
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