Notes by J.M. Cullen and E. Cullen on the terns, the Kittiwake, and the Shag, Inner Farne, U.K., 1953-1954
date: label: Date Range
content: 1953-1957
label: Start Date
content: 1953
label: End Date
content: 1957
notes: label: Abstract
content: Observation notes and correspondence (to M. Moynihan) are by J.M. Cullen and E. Cullen of the Zoology Department of University of Oxford on the Terns, the Kittiwake, and the Shag, 1953-1957. Letters are usually headed with the date, but not always the year. Materials include typed and hand written. Correspondence compares observations and theories. These include the flight of Kittawakes in reference to a forthcoming paper by Moynihan; scavenging habits of gulls; descriptions of bird colonies and their environments on Farnes Islands; and observations of terns. Observation information describes habitat, behavior, appearance, songs, interactions, age, nests, breeding behavior, and feedings. Includes some illustrations of birds; tables of data of bird call with, type of bird, character of call, and situation; list of posture and call; and table on Arctic Terns. Locations include Inner Farne, United Kingdom.
place: label: Place
content: United Kingdom
label: Place
content: Farne Islands
topic: label: Topic
content: Animal behavior
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Ethology
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content: Martin H. Moynihan Papers, 1952-1996
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content: Moynihan, M.
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content: Cullen, J. M.
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content: Cullen, E.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA Acc. 01-096
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Illustrations
label: Object Type
content: Correspondence
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physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Martin H. Moynihan Papers, 1952-1996
label: Physical Description
content: 1 folder
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 2 Folder 32