Title
Field notes, Washington, D.C., February 15-June 15, 1940, New Mexico, June 20-October 2, 1940
Related Titles
Contained In:
Vernon Bailey Papers, 1889-1941 and undated, field notes and journals, 1889-1941
Series:
SIA RU007267
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1940
Notes
This item consists of Bailey's notes on the flora and fauna of the Washington, D.C. area from February 15-June 15, 1940 and his field notes on the plants and animals of New Mexico and Arizona within the context of Bailey's research on animal traps. Narrative entries are dated and describe localities in terms of nearby place names and elevation. Lists of scientific or common names of specimens caught and observed by Bailey are included. Localities include the Zuni Mountains, Mount Taylor, and Blue Water Creek canyon in New Mexico, and Cottonwood Gulch and Canyon de Chelly in Arizona. The item also includes notes on meetings and lectures given by Bailey in 1940 in various locations throughout the United States.
Subjects
Bluewater Creek
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Botany
,
Canyon de Chelly
,
District of Columbia
,
Field notes
,
Mammalogy
,
Mammologists
,
Mount Taylor
,
New Mexico
,
Ornithology
,
United States
,
Zuni Mountains
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.106565
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