Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973 : Egypt banding information (A-3359 to A-4117), 1968, PMS banding forms.
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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 date from February 26 to March 9, 1968 and are numbered A-3359 to A-4117. The forms show the name of the bird species, band number, the date and locality of capture and release, and data on sex, age, weight, fat, molt, parasites, with additional remarks. An index card with names of species ("Luscinia Svecica, Cyanosylvia svecica") was inserted before the first form in the folder.
1968
Feb 26, 1968
Mar 09, 1968
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Egypt
SIA Acc. 16-361
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973
1 field book
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 5, folder 20