Kure, January 1966-July 1968
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This item refers to 3 field books of C. D. Hackman and Walter Bulmer from their work with the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program on Kure Island, 1967. Envelope 1 contains a field book by C. D. Hackman that includes field note entries; bird counts; seal counts; bird banding data (listing band numbers 615-08637 to 737-97873); and nest observations with measurements. Envelope 2 contains a second field book by C. D. Hackman that includes banding data (listing band numbers 597-45493 to 903-03489); observations of vegetation on Kure Island; and an illustration of an unknown grass species. Envelope 3 contains a field book by Walter Bulmer that contains shorebird counts; bird returns data (with band numbers 587-72354 to 903-13175); hand-drawn maps indicating nests with eggs; a field entry on Red-tailed tropicbird behavior; and an illustration of a bird.
Date Range
1967
Start Date
Mar 26, 1967
End Date
May 10, 1967
Access Information
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Topic
- Animals
- Bird banding
- Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
- Birds
- Plants
- Birds--Counting
- Ornithology
- Botany
Place
- Kure Atoll
- United States
- Hawaii
Form/Genre
- Fieldbook record
- Field notes
- Botanical illustrations
- Maps
- Scientific illustrations
Accession #
SIA RU000245
Collection name
National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
Physical Description
3 field books
Physical Location
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation
Box 39 Folder 3