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Mar 21, 2018
03/18
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Lynch, James Francis, 1942-; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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Field notes document the work of James Lynch in Yucatan, Mexico, during November 22 - 30, 1984, and January - February 1988. The entries for November 1984 are dated and includes an entry that is organized by mileage number, sometimes followed by location information, time of day, description of habitat, and work completed. This is followed by a reserve bird list with common names for birds in Xian kaan [Sian Ka'an], and point surveys that include information about time of day, habitat, and list...
Topics: Ornithology, Bird populations, Entomology, Ants--Behavior
Lists of specimens collected by Morgan Hebard from Utah, Nevada, Arizona. The notes also include some observations on the specimens in their habitats, and the areas of collecting
Topics: entomology, Utah, Nevada, Arizona
Include correspondence (1925-1930) letters "A - R" documenting Waldo Schmitt's work during Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expeditions to the East and West Coasts of South America, 1925-1927. Consists of letters of introduction; communications with American Ambassadors in South American countries; and correspondence with South American scientists and U. S. National Museum officials concerning preparation for and progress of the expeditions. Correspondence also relates to...
Topics: Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition (1925-1927), Zoology, Crustaceans
The Brewer California Geological Survey papers comprise manuscripts, field notes, and notes, and are divided into three series by format: Field Notebooks, Bound Volumes, and Manuscripts. Field Notebooks contains 13 notebooks of field notes pertaining to collections made during the California Geological Survey; they are primarily in unidentified handwriting with page headings, plant names, and some descriptions in Brewer’s handwriting. Bound Materials contains copies of the 13 notebooks bound...
Topics: Grasses, Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910, Bloomer, Hiram G., 1821-1874, Bolander, Henry N. (Henry...
This record refers to 3 field books created for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program Southern Island Cruise #7, in 1965 on McKean Island and Birnie Island. Envelope 1 contains a field book by Paul W. Woodward that includes banding data (listing band numbers 587-80980 to 843-48000); shorebird counts; and nest counts. Envelope 2 contains a field book by C. D. Hackman that includes banding data with band numbers 615-11138 to 843-46965. Envelope 3 contains a field book by L. N. Huber that...
Topics: Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, Ornithology, Bird banding, United States Minor Outlying...
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Feb 28, 2018
02/18
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, on the Southern Island Cruise 19 and Northern Grid Survey 38, aboard the Pribilof, 1968. A letter from Mae H. Esterline (USNM) to Max C. Thompson includes Esterline's questions about field work aboard the Pribilof with Thompson's annotated answers. Another letter from Thompson (Southwestern College) to Esterline was sent in 1969. Photocopied bird observation sheets include time, species, #,...
Topics: Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, Ornithology
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Dec 14, 2018
12/18
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program; Schreiber, Ralph W
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The black and white photographs document field work of Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, 1966. Photographs were taken by Ralph W. Schreiber. Images are close up shots of a single cattle egret, and are number on the reversed side (26-B, 27-B)
Topic: Ornithology
The 8 photographs document geological and botanical observations of Bohumil Shimek while in Iowa. Photographs are undated and are grouped by number. They are individually numbered and include typed descriptions listing a combination of location, type of formation, and type of plants. Subject matter includes loess terrain (bluffs, ridge, cat-steps, hills), terrain along roadsides, agricultural fields, prairie, and woods. Locations include Grant Center, Woodward's Glen, and Turin
Topics: Botany, Geology, United States, Iowa, Grant Center, Turin
The black-and-white photographs and postcards document Bohumil Shimek's field work. Some photographs are labeled and undated. Subject matter includes detail images and vistas of vegetation (trees); terrain (hillsides); specimens (shells, fish, plants): candid shots of local individuals with loaded mules(?); views of staff in an office and laboratory; and woods in Washington. Photographs have multiple creators
Topics: Botany, Geology, United States, Washington
restrictions: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
Topics: Animal behavior, Ornithology, Ethology
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Robert P. Higgins Papers : field data, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Venezuela, Japan, Colombia, Azores, Canary Islands, 1986, 1988
Oct 30, 2017
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Higgins, Robert P
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Robert P. Higgins, born in 1932, is an invertebrate zoologist who held various positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History, 1968-1996. The Smithsonian Institution Archives house field notes that document his collecting trips around the world.This field book is constituted of cards on field trips to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Venezuela, Japan, Colombia, Azores, and the Canary Islands. The cards are forms, all checked as "logged" and each with...
Topics: Higgins, Robert P, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Smithsonian Institution, Marine...
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Aug 18, 2017
08/17
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United States Exploring Expedition(1838-1842); Drayton, Joseph
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The drawings were created by Joseph Drayton and John Richard of Nasius, Priodon and Acanthurus of fish observed or collected during the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. Drawings were created during and after the expedition. Some sketches are less detailed with extensive notes. Others are highly finished
Topics: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842), Ichthyology
The black-and-white and color photographs were taken as part of the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey in 1963, 1966-1967. The photographs depict Black-footed albatross standing, nesting, sitting on eggs, and being banded and held by researchers. Some photographs have brief captions on the reverse. Photographs were taken by A. B. Amerson, R. L. Delong, P.J. Gould, P. C. Shelton, and US Naval Air Station, Midway. Photographs were taken on Eastern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Laysan Island, and...
Topics: Ornithology, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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Mar 1, 2018
03/18
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Lynch, James Francis, 1942-; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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The documents relate to the field work of James Lynch mist netting to study the bird populations in the Yucatan, Mexico, 1984-1987. Includes summaries of results and data sheets. Data sheets are preprinted (sometimes recorded in Spanish) and contain locality, observer names, hour starts, hour closes, date, weather (temp., wind, precip.), followed by a table of data (column headings are in Spanish) that lists hour, RED#, BOL SA, species, N/R, anilla (color, pata, tam), sexo, edad, muda, peso...
Topics: Ornithology, Mist netting, Bird populations
This diary is part of a collection of Waldo L. Schmitt papers. Schmitt was a carcinologist. During the summers of 1924 and 1925, Schmitt was at the Carnegie Institution's Marine Laboratory at Tortugas, Florida, surveying the crustacean fauna of the area, identifying crustaceans found in the stomachs of fishes, and taking underwater photographs. In 1925, Schmitt was awarded the Smithsonian's Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship "for the study of the fauna of countries other than the...
Topics: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977, Crustaceans, Marine biology, Natural history,...
This field book is part of a collection of the Waldo L. Schmitt papers. Schmitt was a carcinologist. During the summers of 1924 and 1925, Schmitt was at the Carnegie Institution's Marine Laboratory at Tortugas, Florida, surveying the crustacean fauna of the area, identifying crustaceans found in the stomachs of fishes, and taking underwater photographs. In 1925, Schmitt was awarded the Smithsonian's Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship "for the study of the fauna of countries other...
Topics: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Tortugas...
This field book is part of a collection of Waldo L. Schmitt papers. Schmitt was a carcinologist. During the summers of 1924 and 1925, Schmitt was at the Carnegie Institution's Marine Laboratory at Tortugas, Florida, surveying the crustacean fauna of the area, identifying crustaceans found in the stomachs of fishes, and taking underwater photographs. In 1925, Schmitt was awarded the Smithsonian's Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship "for the study of the fauna of countries other than...
Topics: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977, Smithsonian-Hartford West Indies Expedition,...
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Mar 8, 2018
03/18
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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These are Bureau of Commercial Fisheries observation check-lists documenting birds seen April 11 - 30, 1965, as part of Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Sheets list location (latitude and longitude), observer, date, time (started), time (ended), and weather (includes sea conditions). There are also notes on distance. Below this information is a list of species followed by abundance (quantity), breeding (quantity), and remarks. There are totals for birds at the bottom of sheets
Topic: Ornithology
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Jan 6, 2018
01/18
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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This folder contains tables and photocopies of data sheets reporting results from the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) of stomach content analysis for Pacific Oceanographic Biological Survey Program (POBSP) 7, SOSC ref. no. 187. A handwritten table and typewritten transcription list field number, species, date, and location for bird stomachs sent to SOSC. The tables list individuals collected from the Pacific Ocean and islands in Hawaii, the Line Islands, Green Island of Kure...
Topics: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, Ornithology
The correspondence documents Waldo Schmitt's work during the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expedition, 1959. There are references to slides, photographs and film from the expedition. Includes a photograph (portrait) of Waldo Schmitt. Schmitt includes progress reports to J. Bruce Bredin. Subject matter covers expedition logistics; permission of use for expedition images; selection of participating scientists and their specialties; and lectures relating to expedition. Includes correspondence of...
Topics: Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions (1956-1959), Zoology
The black and white photographs and negatives document the work of Waldo Schmitt during the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expedition, 1956. There are no captions on the reverse side of the photographs. Subject matter includes examples of island coastlines; local inhabitants fishing with seines; candid images of expedition participants aboard ship; group portraits of participants and unidentified individuals; from aboard while in port; beaches and shorelines; local expedition staff. Some images...
Topics: Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions (1956-1959), Zoology, Seine fishing, Caribbean Sea
First of two field journals kept by J.A.G. Rehn for collecting trips to Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and West Virginia between 1941-1950. This first part covers the years 1941-1946
Topics: entomology, Nebraska, Wyoming, Washington, California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado,...
This field book is a daily journal detailing Watson M. Perrygo and Charles Wheeler's field work on birds in North Carolina from September 14th - November 26th, 1939. Dated entries include accounts of trapping and collecting specimens, as well as travel details and daily activity. Information present may include times, weather conditions, specific localities, altitudes, and bird behavior
Topics: Ornithology, United States, North Carolina
The field notes are divided into seven sections: Catalog of specimens #1-275, Journal: Oct. 14, 1955-Dec. 31, 1957, Species Accounts: Reptiles, Species Accounts: Birds, Miscellaneous Species, Species Accounts: Zonotrichia leucophys, Species Accounts: Melopsiza melodia, Species Accounts: Mammals.
restrictions: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
Topic: Marine Invertebrates
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Jan 15, 2018
01/18
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Van Deusen, Hobart M; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy. Archbold Expeditions Collection; American Museum of Natural History; Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (7th: 1964)
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Unbound sheets, part typescript and part ink on lined paper
Topics: Travel, Scientific expeditions, Mammals, Reptiles, Description and travel, Van Deusen, Hobart M,...
51 manuscript boxes in collection
Topics: Ross, Edward Shearman, 1915-, California Academy of Sciences, California Academy of Sciences. Dept....
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Aug 9, 2019
08/19
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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This folder contains maps showing distribution and abundance of Sterna fuscata [Onychoprion fuscatus] or Sooty Tern based on at-sea observations from February 1963 through August 1965 for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Distribution and abundance data are represented by symbols, numbers, and colors added to printed maps of the central Pacific Ocean. Each map shows data from one calendar month, with one map for each month of the year. No year information is shown on the maps,...
Topics: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, Ornithology,...
