Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973 : Egypt banding information (020-023001 to 02-023061), 1971, PMS banding forms.
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PrintField 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 areonly 7 leaves in this field book, with ten forms per numbered leaf. Their dates go from March 15 to March 19, 1971 and they are numbered: 020-023001 to 02-023061. A photocopied sheet was inserted in the folder with the note "020-023001 to 02-023061, no returns or retraps." The banding forms show the form number, the name of the bird species, the date and locality of capture and release, and data on sex, age, fat, wing, weight, presence of parasites, molt, with additional remarks.
1971
Mar 15, 1971
Mar 19, 1971
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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 97 leaves)
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 6, folder 16