Bailey, V. O., New York, Pennsylvania, April 1931 - May 1931

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

1931

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in New York, Pennsylvania, April 27 - May 15, 1931. Bailey was the chief naturalist for the Biological Survey. Entries are dated and describe travel details (times of day, destinations, accommodations), weather, vegetation (and phenology), fieldwork at Connecticut Hills Grouse Refuge (New York), birds and mammal counts ordered by type since prior October, description of proposed grouse refuge at Howland Island (New York), and work with local officials and colleagues. There were visits to additional refuges, but handwriting is illegible.

Subjects

Field notes , Howland Island , Mammalogy , New York , Ornithology , Pennsylvania , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142183