Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973 : Egypt banding information (020 Recaptures), 1971, PMS banding forms
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Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973 : Egypt banding information (020 Recaptures), 1971, PMS banding forms
- Publication date
- 1971
- Topics
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, Ornithology, Bird banding, Birds--Egypt, Birds--Migration, Birds--Parasites
- Collection
- biodiversity; sifieldbooks
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Language
- English
Field book of banding forms 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.A preliminary leaf, photocopy of a folder cover, is inserted with note "Reviewed" and titled "Recapture Egypt 2". The leaves are numbered 020- A, BI-BIII. The banding forms, ten per leaf, are dated March 9 to May 6, 1971. They concern recaptured birds and they show the band number, the name of the bird species, the date and locality of capture and release, and data on sex, age, fat, wing, weight, parasites and molt, with additional remarks
- Abstract
- Field book of banding forms 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.A preliminary leaf, photocopy of a folder cover, is inserted with note 'Reviewed' and titled 'Recapture Egypt 2'. The leaves are numbered 020- A, BI-BIII. The banding forms, ten per leaf, are dated March 9 to May 6, 1971. They concern recaptured birds and they show the band number, the name of the bird species, the date and locality of capture and release, and data on sex, age, fat, wing, weight, parasites and molt, with additional remarks.
- Addeddate
- 2017-12-01 20:51:33
- Call number
- MODSI9313
- Call-number
- MODSI9313
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- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Genre
- Field notes
- Identifier
- palearcticmigra00granb
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t07x2r816
- Identifier-bib
- MODSI9313
- Location
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Ocr
- ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR)
- Pages
- 5
- Possible copyright status
- No known copyright restrictions as determined by scanning institution.
- Ppi
- 300
- Year
- 1971
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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