Title
Bailey, V. O., Arizona, Mexico, July 1889 - November 1889
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
1889
Notes
The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting of mammal, plant, and bird specimens in Arizona and Mexico, July 26 - November 14, 1889. Entries are dated and detail collecting activities and travel details. Sometimes location information is listed at the beginning of entries. Details include accommodations, travel, daily activities and time of day, distances, type and quantity of specimens collected per day, weather, temperature, sometimes barometric readings or altitudes, terrain, vegetation (types of trees), observed lava beds in Arizona, interactions with customs officials entering Mexico,and expenses. Bailey mentions working with Dr. Stejneger at Fort Huadusa (?). Locations are sometimes listed with name of ranch. Locations include Flagstaff, Arizona; O'Leary Peak; Fort Maroni (?); Santa Rita mountains; Nogales, Guaymas, Caibo, Sonora River valley, Mexico.
Subjects
1851-1943
,
Arizona
,
Field notes
,
Flagstaff
,
Mammalogy
,
Mexico
,
Ornithology
,
Stejneger, Leonhard,
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.138758
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