Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973 : Egypt banding information (Dead on arrival / release), Fall 1971, PMS banding forms.

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Abstract

Field book of banding forms for field notes that are survey records on migratory birds specimens collected in Egypt for the Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey. From the finding aid (SIA RU000435): "The Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey (PMS), a survey of migratory birds, their ectoparasites and the viruses they carry, was conducted in the eastern Mediterranean from 1966 to 1971. The primary PMS operation site was in northern Egypt. Surveys were also conducted in Cyprus and Israel. The PMS involved scientists of the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Naval Medical Research Unit, and Yale University, and was funded by the Army Research Office, the Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program, and the Smithsonian Research Foundation. George E. Watson, Chairman, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, and Curator, Division of Birds, National Museum of Natural History, was Principal Investigator". Surveys were also conducted in Uganda. There are five forms per leaf. They are dated from August 22 to November 5, 1971. The last two leaves are incompletely filled and left undated. To the first leaf is attached a card marked with the period of research (Fall 1969). The forms are not numbered, but instead wear a mark of "DOA" or "Released", depending on each bird's fate. The forms show the name of the bird species, the form and band number, the date and locality of capture and release, and data on sex (as determined by plumage, soft parts or otherwise), age (as determined from plumage, soft parts or skull), weight, fat, molt, parasites, with additional remarks.

Date Range

1971

Start Date

Aug 22, 1971

End Date

Nov 05, 1971

Access Information

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Topic

  • Birds--Egypt
  • Animals
  • Bird banding
  • Birds
  • Birds--Migration
  • Birds--Parasites
  • Ornithology

Place

Egypt

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes

Accession #

SIA Acc. 16-361

Collection name

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 5, folder 16