Bailey, V. O., Texas, California, and New Mexico, April 1900 - August 1900

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

1900

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in Texas, California, and New Mexico, April 10 - August 16, 1900. Entries are dated and pages are headed with location information. Details include routes, distances, campsites, daily activities with time of day, terrain (including elevation, soil composition), vegetation (type and abundance), ranches visited, observed wildlife, specimens collected, communities visited, interactions with colleagues, and sometimes notes about expenses. Portion of the end of the notebook is blank. Locations include Austin, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Texas; Cloudcroft, New Mexico; Pasadena, Sacramento, Sierra Buttes, Emerald Bay, California.

Subjects

Austin , Botany , California , Cloudcroft , Corpus Christi , Field notes , Mammalogy , New Mexico , Ornithology , Sacramento , Sierra Buttes , Texas , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.139020