Alaska, 1965
date: label: Date Range
content: 1964-1965
label: Start Date
content: 19640600
label: End Date
content: 19651016
notes: label: Abstract
content: This volume is a collection record of bird specimens collected in Alaska by Max C. Thompson and R. L. DeLong in 1965. Fields include field no., species, locality, date, wgt., sex, and collector and catalogue number. Field numbers begin at 110101 and end at 110360. This field also includes information on type of preparation, such as alc., skel, skull, skin. Dates begin at June 20, 1965 and end at October 16, 1965. Two specimens collected in 1964 by other collectors are also included in the catalog. In the collector and catalogue number field, numbers for Max C. Thompson range from 4107 to 4242 and numbers for R. L. DeLong range from 63 to 158. This field also contains notes on how specimens were collected, parasites, fat, testis measurements, etc. Collections were made on St. George Island, St. Paul Island, and an area of the Pacific Ocean bounded approximately by 45° to 52° N and 173° to 174° E. The folder includes a photocopy of the pages of the catalog that list collections made on the Pacific Ocean in October 1965; information written on the photocopy indicates that these collections were made on Cruise 16 aboard research vessel George B. Kelez.
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Alaska
label: Place
content: Saint George Island
label: Place
content: Saint Paul Island
label: Place
content: Pacific Ocean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ornithology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Thompson, Max C.
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content: DeLong, Robert L.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU000245
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: 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.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 196 Folder 1