Bailey, V. O., Maine, Minnesota, Prince Edward Island, August 1925 - October 1925

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

1925

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Maine, Minnesota, Prince Edward Island, August 10 - October 3, 1925. Bailey was the Biologist for the Biological Survey, heading to Mt Desert Island. Entries are dated and describe his travel from Washington, DC (destinations, times of day, mode of travel), vegetation and life zones, terrain, colleagues and local officials, observations during tours with rangers including conditions of dams and roads, observations of beavers, summaries of local rangers' observations of wildlife populations (listed with common name), specimen collecting, and descriptions of communities visited. Observations include amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and fish. Locations include Bar Harbor, Maine, to Prince Edward Island, Saint John's, Canada.

Subjects

Bar Harbor , Canada , Field notes , Maine , Mammalogy , Minnesota , Prince Edward Island , Saint John's , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142092