Details - Bailey, V. O., New Mexico, Texas, June 1902 - September 1902

Bailey, V. O., New Mexico, Texas, June 1902 - September 1902

Title

Bailey, V. O., New Mexico, Texas, June 1902 - September 1902

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

1902

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in New Mexico and Texas, June 6 - 24, 1902. In the inside cover, Bailey lists US Department of Agriculture. Entries are dated and often headed with location. They describe routes, distances traveled, terrain (marshes, swamps, elevation), campsites, vegetation (state of bloom), observed wildlife, weather, temperature, photographs taken, specimen collecting and preparation, work with Hollister, daily work and time of day, birds and rice fields of Louisiana, and field work across New Mexico. Some specimen information includes measurements and sex. Some location information includes of ranches. Includes a hand drawn map of campsites and route through Mescalero Indian reservation (New Mexico), including notations for rivers. Locations include Jefferson, San Antonio, Valentine, Texas; Marshall, (state unidentified); Shreveport, Louisiana; Guadalupe mountains, Cloudcroft, Santa Rosa, New Mexico.