SIC 19 - Starbuck 6-68
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PrintThe 13 black-and-white photographs document field work completed on Starbuck Island, June 21 and 22, 1968. The photographs show coastal habitat, unidentified vegetation in coral rubble, Sooty Tern colonies in dense bunchgrass, a Sooty Tern on an egg, a Sooty Tern in flight, various views of central lagoons, a Lesser Frigatebird nest with egg, ruins on west end of island with vegetation (Ipomoea), and a close up of Ipomoea flower. The images have captions on the reverse side that list location, date, photographer (R. B. Clapp), description, negative numbers (283A-285A, 287A-292A, 294A-297A) and unknown identifiers (e.g. S17).
1968
Jun 21, 1968
Jun 22, 1968
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SIA RU000245
National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
13 black-and-white photographs
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 229 Folder 25