Field notes, Wyoming and New Mexico, March 15-June 3, 1906

Related Titles

Contained In: Vernon Bailey Papers, 1889-1941 and undated, field notes and journals, 1889-1941

Series: SIA RU007267

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

1906

Notes

English

This item is comprised of field notes from Bailey's 1906 trip to Wyoming and New Mexico to study wolf extermination. The notebook primarily contains specimen lists of plants and animals, listed by their scientific names. Place of collection or observation of specimens is indicated by nearby place names beginning near Rock Springs, Wyoming and ending near Silver City, New Mexico. The notebook also includes a brief narrative account of wolf extermination practices and behavior of wolf cubs near Jackson Hole. This field book is a companion item to a journal kept by Bailey during this trip which can be found in Box 2 Folder 4 of the same collection.

Subjects

Botany , Field notes , Jackson Hole , Mammalogy , Mammologists , New Mexico , Ornithology , Rock Springs , Silver City , United States , Wolves , Wyoming

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.94766