SIC 20 - McKean 10-68

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Abstract

The 5 black-and-white photographs document field work completed on McKean Island, October 1968. The photographs show an unidentified egg on a nest of sticks, a coastal view with an unidentified ship, an unidentified bird on a nest with an egg near a rock wall, unidentified birds perched on and in flight over a rock wall, and three Brown Booby eggs in a nest. The images have captions on the reverse side that list location, date, photographer (R. Crossin), negative numbers (664-668), and some descriptions.

Date Range

1968

Start Date

Sep 30, 1968

End Date

Sep 30, 1968

Access Information

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Topic

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • 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

5 black-and-white photographs

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 229 Folder 27