Gygis alba (Fairy tern), 1963-1968 and undated
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PrintThe black-and-white photographs were taken as part of the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Project, 1963-1968. The photographs depict Fairy terns roosting, in flight, and with young. They also depict Fairy tern eggs. The photographs were taken on Birnie Island, Christmas Island, French Frigate Shoals, Laysan Island, and Tern Island.
1963-1968
1963
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
17 black-and-white photographs
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 230 Folders 19-20