Title
Bailey, V. O., California, Nevada, March 1891 - October 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 Nevada and California, March 4 - October 22, 1891. Entries are dated and describe specimen collecting and travel details. They detail work with colleagues, destinations, distances traveled, daily activities and times of day, interactions local ranchers, weather, vegetation (including state of blooming), barometric readings. Bailey worked with Nelson and Coville and refers their travel to the Colorado River. Additional location information includes ranches and landowners' names. During Summer entries, they describe travel and collecting in Death Valley, with details like described above. In entries, there are detailed lists headed by type (lizards, birds, mammals, plants) with an overview or specific descriptions. There are notes indicating at what elevation ranges, plants appear, and their abundance. He worked with Dr. Fisher. Locations include Telescope Peak, Walkers Pass. At the end of the notebook are lists of specimen data per location for Whitney creek and Mount Whitney. Locations include Ash Meadows, Vegas valley, Death Valley and Furnace Creek, Nevada.
Subjects
Botany
,
California
,
Death Valley
,
Field notes
,
Mammalogy
,
Nevada
,
Ornithology
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.139009
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