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Abstract

The black-and-white photographs document field work on McKean Island for the the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, February 16 - 20, 1964. There are captions on the reverse side of photographs that include location, date range, description, and sometimes photographer (R. Clapp). Sometimes captions list type of vegetation and additional information about bird's appearance. Subject matter includes island terrain (coastline), birds (Sooty Tern, Common Noddy, Fairy Tern, Gray Noddy, Masked Booby, Gray-backed Tern), eggs, nests, and building ruins on island.

Date Range

1964

Start Date

Feb 16, 1964

End Date

Feb 20, 1964

Access Information

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Topic

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Plants
  • Botany
  • Ornithology

Place

  • United States
  • McKean Atoll; McKean Island

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Black-and-white photographs

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

1 folder

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 228 Folder 31