Title
Bailey, V. O., Colorado, New Mexico, May 1903 - October 1903
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
1903
Notes
The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in Colorado, New Mexico, May 16, 1904 - October 11, 1903. Details travel from Washington DC. Entries are dated and pages are headed with locations. Entries describe routes, mode of travel, collecting methods, terrain (including elevation), vegetation, observed mammals and birds, some history of area communities and inhabitants, ranches, campsites, and specimen collecting (common and scientific name). Includes sketches of vegetation formations (mushroom fairy rings) and land around Santa Fe. There is a list of specimens collected at Taos mountains. In the end is a list of packages sent with specimen contents, locations and date. Locations include Santa Rosa, Baldy Peak [mountain], Taos, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Canyon City, Boulder, Colorado.
Subjects
Baldy Mountain
,
Botany
,
Boulder
,
Ca_on City
,
Colorado
,
Field notes
,
Mammalogy
,
New Mexico
,
Ornithology
,
Santa Fe
,
Sketches
,
Taos
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.139019
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