Bailey, V. O., California, Colorado, Kansas, October 1891 - November 1891

Related Titles

Contained In: Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals

Series: SIA Acc. 12-443

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

1891

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting of mammal and bird specimens in California, Colorado, Kansas, October 23, 1891 - November 17, 1891. Entries are dated and sometimes headed with location. They detail specimen collecting including type (common or scientific name) and quantity, routes traveled (distances, destinations), daily activities with times of day, terrain (including elevation), vegetation (binomial), observed wildlife (including notes on abundance), habitat, weather, temperature, and collecting methods. Location information includes names of peaks and rivers. Locations include Auburn, Colfax, Michigan Bluff, California. Traveled through Summit Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Subjects

Auburn , Botany , California , Colfax , Colorado , Colorado Springs , Field notes , Kansas , Mammalogy , Michigan Bluff , Ornithology , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.138315