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Education

Cornell University B.S. 1960

Incomplete work on Ph.D., 1961-1962

University of Maryland

Incomplete work for advanced degree, 1970-7

Research Interests

Serves as a museum specialist in the Curatorial Project of the Biological Survey Unit and assists with the curation and management of the North American Bird Collections. Duties include the acquisition, identification, preparation, and care of specimens, making loan transactions, providing information for information requested, and adding, updating and maintaining computerized records. Duties also include participation in field research and publication of findings. Interests in hole-nesting birds, birds of Virginia, and birds of the Pacific Ocean.

Selected Publications

Eckerlin, R. P., H. F. Painter, and R. B. Clapp. 2003. New Flea and Cimicid Records from Birds in Virginia. Banisteria 22:53-56.

Mostello, D. S., N. A. Palaia, and R. B. Clapp. 2000. Gray-backed Tern, Sterna lunata. The Birds of North America, No. 525, 28 pp.

Marshall, J. T., and R. B. Clapp. 1999. The Black-capped Vireo in Mexico and Ft. Hood [Texas]. Pp. 23-39 In: J. T. Marshall, Ornithological Tracts on Taxonomy and Distribution. 91 pp. Private publication, Springfield, Virginia.

Marshall, J. T., and R. B. Clapp. 1999. Status of the Texas Botteri Sparrow. Pp. 40-65 In: J. T. Marshall, Ornithological Tracts on Taxonomy and Distribution. 91 pp. Private publication, Springfield, Virginia.

Clapp, R. B. 1997. Egg Dates for Virginia Birds. Virginia Avifauna No. 6, Virginia Society of Ornithology, Lynchburg, Virginia. Pages 1-123.

Clapp, R. B., and A. C. Mellinger. 1997. Another Instance of a Carolina Chickadee Laying Eggs in Two Nests. Raven 68(l):37-40.

Clapp, R. B. 1997. Carolina Chickadee "Incubates" Eggless Nest. Raven 68(1):35-36.

Tomer, J. S., R. B. Clapp, and J. C. Hoffman. 1996. Fregata minor, Great Frigatebird, in Oklahoma. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society 28(4):34-35.

Clapp, R. B., M. D. F. Udvardy, and A. K. Kepler. 1996. An Annotated Bibliography of Laysan Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 434:1-92.